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Yuanansuchus maopingchangensis

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Heylerosauridae

Taxonomy
Yuanansuchus maopingchangensis was named by Liu (2016) [Skull elongated, orbit large; otic notch closed; frontal extends to level of posterior orbital margin; fodia vomeris absent; cultriform process of parasphenoid extends to level of anterior margin of interpterygoid vacuities.]. Its type specimen is IVPP V 22628, a partial skull (A nearly complete skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Maopingchang, which is in an Anisian coastal horizon in the Xinlingzhen Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Yuanansuchus maopingchangensis Liu

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
RankNameAuthor
orderTemnospondyli()
Eutemnospondyli
Rhachitomi()
Eryopiformes
Stereospondylomorpha
Stereospondyli()
Superstes
Capitosauria
Capitosauroidea()
familyHeylerosauridaeShishkin 1980
genusYuanansuchus
speciesmaopingchangensis

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: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Anisian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0China (Hubei) Yuanansuchus maopingchangensis (type locality: 97694)