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Dianchungosaurus

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Dianchungosaurus was named by Young (1982). Its type is Dianchungosaurus lufengensis.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Weishampel and Witmer (1990); it was considered a nomen dubium by Norman et al. (2004).

It was assigned to Tianchungosauroidea by Zhao (1983); to Heterodontosauridae by Young (1982), Zhao (1985), Carroll (1988), Dong (1992); and to Mesoeucrocodylia by Barrett and Xu (2005), Irmis and Knoll (2008).

Species
D. lufengensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Dianchungosaurus Young p. 38
1983Tianchungosaurus Zhao p. 302
1985Dianchungosaurus Zhao p. 287
1988Dianchungosaurus Carroll
1992Dianchungosaurus Dong p. 165
2005Dianchungosaurus Barrett and Xu p. 984
2008Dianchungosaurus Irmis and Knoll p. 122

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
—Solidocrania
suborderCrocodyliformes
—MesoeucrocodyliaWhetstone and Whybrow 1983
genusDianchungosaurus

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. †Dianchungosaurus Young 1982
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:39:01
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:39:01
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983

Age range: Sinemurian or 199.50000 to 192.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9China (Yunnan) D. lufengensis (137353)