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Hongshanxi xiei

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Hongshanxi xiei was named by Dong et al. (2019). Its type specimen is HS-0001, a skeleton (Part and counterpart of a completeskeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Guancaishan, near Jianping, which is in an Oxfordian lacustrine - large ash in the Tiaojishan Formation of China. It is the type species of Hongshanxi.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Hongshanxi xiei Dong et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
genusHongshanxi
speciesxiei

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.

†Hongshanxi xiei Dong et al. 2019
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: Early/Lower Oxfordian or 161.50000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8China (Liaoning) Hongshanxi xiei (type locality: 130986)