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Tinosaurus doumuensis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Tinosaurus doumuensis was named by Hou (1974). Its type specimen is IVPP V 4453, a partial skull (Left maxilla and lower jaw), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chongliwu (71018), which is in a Paleocene terrestrial horizon in the Doumu Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Tinosaurus doumuensis Hou
2016Tinosaurus doumuensis Dong et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—IguanomorphaSukhanov 1961
—ChamaeleontiformesConrad 2008
—AcrodontaCope 1864
genusTinosaurus
speciesdoumuensis

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
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Middle Paleocene or 61.66000 to 59.24000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Paleocene61.66 - 59.24China (Anhui) Tinosaurus doumuensis (type locality: 132699)