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Xinpusaurus xingyiensis

Reptilia - Thalattosauria

Taxonomy
Xinpusaurus xingyiensis was named by Li et al. (2016). It is not extant. Its type specimen is XNGM WS-53-R3, a skeleton. Its type locality is Layer 53, Nimaigu Village, Wusha Township, Xingyi, which is in a Longobardian marine lime mudstone in the Falang Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Xinpusaurus xingyiensis Li et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Thalattosauriformes
orderThalattosauria
superfamilyThalattosauroideaNopcsa 1928
genusXinpusaurusYin 2000
speciesxingyiensis

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.

Xinpusaurus xingyiensis Li et al. 2016
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 10:38:24
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:38:24
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Ladinian or 242.00000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0China (Guizhou) Xinpusaurus xingyiensis (213309)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0China (Guizhou) Xinpusaurus xingyiensis (153372 196509 type locality: 196510)