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Shaanbeikannemeyeria xilougouensis

Osteichthyes - Anomodontia - Kannemeyeriidae

Taxonomy
Shaanbeikannemeyeria xilougouensis was named by Cheng (1980). Its type specimen is IGCAGS V 315, a skull (Nearly complete skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Xilougou, Hazhen, Fugu, which is in an Anisian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Ermaying Formation of China. It is the type species of Shaanbeikannemeyeria.

It was recombined as Rechnisaurus xilougouensis by Cox (1991); it was recombined as Kannemeyeria xilougouensis by Lucas (1993).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Shaanbeikannemeyeria xilougouensis Cheng p. 139 figs. 29-30
1991Rechnisaurus xilougouensis Cox p. 772
1993Kannemeyeria xilougouensis Lucas p. 304
2008Shaanbeikannemeyeria xilougouensis Li and Sun p. 402

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
orderAnomodontiaOwen 1859
orderDicynodontia()
DicynodontoideaCluver and King 1983
Kannemeyeriiformes(Huene 1948)
familyKannemeyeriidaeHuene 1948
genusShaanbeikannemeyeria
speciesxilougouensis

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoreo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:33:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:33:45
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Anisian or 246.70000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464China (Shaanxi) Shaanbeikannemeyeria xilougouensis (type locality: 143450)