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Wangosaurus brevirostris

Reptilia - Eosauropterygia

Taxonomy
Wangosaurus brevirostris was named by Ma et al. (2015). It is not extant. Its type specimen is GMPKU-P-1529, a skeleton. Its type locality is Wusha, Xingyi (IVPP collection), which is in a Longobardian marine horizon in the Falang Formation of China. It is the type species of Wangosaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Wangosaurus brevirostris Ma 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()
suborderSauropterygia
orderEosauropterygia
suborderPistosauroideaBaur 1887
genusWangosaurus
speciesbrevirostris

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.

Wangosaurus brevirostris Ma et al. 2015
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 10:38:36
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:38:36
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Longobardian or 242.00000 to 235.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0China (Guizhou) Wangosaurus brevirostris (type locality: 98907 196507)