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Guizhouichthyosaurus wolonggangense

Reptilia - Shastasauridae

Taxonomy
Callawayia wolonggangense was named by Chen et al. (2007). Its type specimen is SPCV10305, a partial skeleton (Near complete articulated skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Xinpu Ichthyosaur locality, which is in a Carnian marine horizon in the Xiaowa Formation of China.

It was considered an invalid subgroup of Shastasauridae by Ji et al. (2016); it was recombined as Guizhouichthyosaurus wolonggangense by Moon (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Callawayia wolonggangense Chen et al.
2019Guizhouichthyosaurus wolonggangense Moon

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Ichthyosauromorpha
Ichthyosauriformes
Ichthyopterygia(Owen 1840)
Eoichthyosauria
Ichthyosauria(de Blainville 1835)
Hueneosauria
Merriamosauria
familyShastasauridaeMerriam 1902
genusGuizhouichthyosaurusCao and Luo 2000
specieswolonggangense()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2009-07-20 06:07:40
Modified: 2010-02-23 00:20:57
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Carnian or 237.00000 to 228.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0China (Guizhou) Callawayia wolonggangense (type locality: 98908)