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Moqisaurus pulchrum

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Moqisaurus pulchrum was named by Dong et al. (2023). Its type specimen is IVPP V 26581AB, a partial skeleton (anterior part of a lizard including a well- preserved skull on a small but intact single slab to which is glued a second slab (catalogued as IVPP V 31369)), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Moqi Fauna, which is in an Aptian terrestrial shale in China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2023Moqisaurus pulchrum Dong et al.

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

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.

†Moqisaurus pulchrum Dong et al. 2023
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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: Aptian or 121.40000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian121.4 - 113.2China (Inner Mongolia) Moqisaurus pulchrum (type locality: 224092)