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Dianmeisaurus gracilis

Osteichthyes - Eosauropterygia

Taxonomy
Dianmeisaurus gracilis was named by Shang and Li (2015). It is not extant. Its type specimen is IVPP V 18630. Its type locality is Luoping area, upper member of Guanling Formation limestone (middle Anisian), which is in a Pelsonian marine limestone in the Guanling Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Dianmeisaurus gracilis Shang and Li

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
suborderSauropterygia
orderEosauropterygia
suborderPachypleurosauria
genusDianmeisaurus
speciesgracilis

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.

†Dianmeisaurus gracilis Shang and Li 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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Pelsonian or 244.24000 to 243.33000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33China (Yunnan) Dianmeisaurus gracilis (type locality: 123839)