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Guanlingsaurus
Taxonomy
Guanlingsaurus was named by Yin et al. (2000).
It was assigned to Ichthyosauria by Wang et al. (2008); to Guanlingsauridae by McGowan and Motani (2003) and Maisch (2010); to Shastasauridae by Ji et al. (2013) and Druckenmiller et al. (2014); and to Shastasaurinae by Ji et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Ichthyosauria by Wang et al. (2008); to Guanlingsauridae by McGowan and Motani (2003) and Maisch (2010); to Shastasauridae by Ji et al. (2013) and Druckenmiller et al. (2014); and to Shastasaurinae by Ji et al. (2016).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2000 | Guanlingsaurus Yin et al. figs. 1-5 |
| 2003 | Guanlingsaurus McGowan and Motani |
| 2008 | Guanlingichthyosaurus Wang et al. |
| 2010 | Guanlingsaurus Maisch |
| 2013 | Guanlingsaurus Ji et al. |
| 2014 | Guanlingsaurus Druckenmiller et al. |
| 2016 | Guanlingsaurus Ji et al. p. 10 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| C. Ji et al. 2016 | Over 11 m long in adult; presacral count around 80; extremely short and edentulous snout; parietal foramen located within parietals; forelimb with no more than three digits; phalanges widely separated from each other; pubis foramen wide; fibular posterior flange present. |
Measurements
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