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Hemishinisaurus latifrons

Osteichthyes - Arretosauridae

Taxonomy
Hemishinisaurus latifrons was named by Li (1991). Its type specimen is IVPP V9595.1, a partial skull (incomplete frontal and pair of prefrontals), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Yuanqu (general), which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Heti Formation of China. It is the type species of Hemishinisaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Hemishinisaurus latifrons Li p. 284 fig. 2

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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
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Squamata()
Episquamata
ToxicoferaVidal and Hedges 2005
infraorderIguaniaCuvier 1817
familyArretosauridaeGilmore 1943
genusHemishinisaurus
specieslatifrons

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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Eocene or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9China (Shanxi) Hemishinisaurus latifrons (type locality: 179811)