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Dongnanosuchus hsui

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Dongnanosuchus hsui was named by Shan et al. (2021). Its type specimen is DM000001-F000001, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Maoming City Oil Shale Quarry, which is in a Lutetian/Bartonian lacustrine - large shale in the Youganwo Formation of China. It is the type species of Dongnanosuchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Dongnanosuchus hsui Shan et al.

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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()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
—Solidocrania
suborderCrocodyliformes
—MesoeucrocodyliaWhetstone and Whybrow 1983
—NeosuchiaClark 1988
suborderEusuchiaHuxley 1875
—Crocodylia(Owen 1842)
—Alligatoroidea(Gray 1844)
—Globidonta
—Orientalosuchina
genusDongnanosuchus
specieshsui

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.

†Dongnanosuchus hsui Shan et al. 2021
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoreuc
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:59
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:59
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Bartonian or 47.80000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0China (Guangdong) Alligatoridae indet. (type locality: 151737)