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Changisaurus microrhinus

Reptilia - Testudines - Thalassemydidae

Taxonomy
Changisaurus microrhinus was named by Young (1959). It is a mold. Its type locality is Chihmushan, Chingning Hsien (Changisaurus microrhinus type locality), which is in a Jurassic marine shale in the Chienteh Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Changisaurus microrhinus Young
1964Changisaurus microrhinus Baird

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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
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
—PancryptodiraJoyce et al. 2004
familyThalassemydidaeZittel 1889
genusChangisaurus
speciesmicrorhinus

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

Age range: Late/Upper Jurassic or 161.50000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0China (Chekiang) Changisaurus microrhinus (type locality: 195405)