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Xiuningpus

Reptilia - Theropoda

Taxonomy

Xiuningpus was named by Yu (1998). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Xiuningpus xintanensis.

It was assigned to Coelurosauria by Yu (1998).

Species

X. qukouensis, X. xintanensis (type species)

Synonyms

Xiuningpus qukouensis was named by Yu (1998). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Toilet, Shangshangen tracksite, which is in a Cretaceous terrestrial sandstone/mudstone in the Huizhou Formation of China.

It was considered a nomen nudum by Xing et al. (2014).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1998	Xiuningpus Yu p. 278
1998	Xiuningpus qukouensis Yu p. 279

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
order	Theropoda
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
—	Tetanurae
—	Coelurosauria	()
genus	Xiuningpus

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.

G. †Xiuningpus Yu 1998

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†Xiuningpus xintanensis Yu 1998

Invalid names: Xiuningpus qukouensis Yu 1998 [nomen nudum]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

hydroxyapatiteo

Entire body:

yeso

Adult length:

10 to < 100o

Adult width:

1.0 to < 10o

Adult height:

1.0 to < 10o

Architecture:

compact or denseo

Ontogeny:

accretion, modification of partso

Grouping:

solitaryo

Environment:

terrestrialo

Locomotion:

actively mobileo

Life habit:

ground dwellingo

Diet:

carnivoresubo

Reproduction:

oviparouso

Dispersal:

direct/internalo

Dispersal 2:

mobileo

Created:

2009-01-03 20:39:15

Modified:

2009-01-03 22:39:15

Source: subo = suborder, o = order

References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range: Late/Upper Cretaceous or 100.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous	100.5 - 66.0	China (Anhui)	X. qukouensis (60503)