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Nanchangosaurus

Osteichthyes - Hupehsuchia

Taxonomy
Nanchangosaurus was named by Wang (1959) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Anis Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. Its type is Nanchangosaurus suni. It is the type genus of Nanchangosauridae.

It was assigned to Nanchangosauridae by Carroll and Dong (1991); to Notosauria by Sepkoski (2002); and to Hupehsuchia by Chen et al. (2014).

Species
N. suni (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Nanchangosaurus Wang
1991Nanchangosaurus Carroll and Dong pp. 146-147
2002Nanchangosaurus Sepkoski
2014Nanchangosaurus Chen et al. p. 3 fig. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
orderHupehsuchia
genusNanchangosaurusWang 1959

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. †Nanchangosaurus Wang 1959
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Nanchangosaurus suni Wang 1959
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Spathian to the top of the Middle Triassic or 248.10000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian248.1 - 246.7China (Hubei) N. suni (173843)
Middle Triassic246.7 - 237.0China (Hubei) N. suni (114113)