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Santaisaurus

Reptilia - Paliguanidae

Taxonomy
Santaisaurus was named by Koh (1940). It is not extant. Its type is Santaisaurus yuani.

It was assigned to Reptilia by Koh (1940); to Procolophonidae by Carroll (1988); and to Paliguanidae by Li (1989).

Species
S. yuani (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Santaisaurus Koh pp. 73, 84 figs. Pls. I-III
1988Santaisaurus Carroll
1989Santaisaurus Li pp. 260, 267

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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()
Eosuchia()
Neodiapsida
SauriaGauthier 1984
Lepidosauromorpha(Benton 1983)
familyPaliguanidaeBroom 1926
genusSantaisaurus

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. †Santaisaurus Koh 1940
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Santaisaurus yuani Koh 1940
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Induan or 252.17000 to 251.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Induan252.17 - 251.2China (Xinjiang) S. yuani (93419)