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Kuangyuanpus

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Kuangyuanpus was named by Young (1943). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Kuangyuanpus szechuanensis.

It was synonymized subjectively with Batrachopus by Zhen et al. (1989).

It was assigned to Sauropoda by Huene (1958); to Saurischia by Kuhn (1958); to Coelurosauria by Young (1960); to Theropoda by Kuhn (1963); to Sauropoda by Romer (1966); to Crocodylia by Lockley et al. (2013); and to Crocodylia by Lockley et al. (2010), Foster et al. (2025).

Species
K. szechuanensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Kuangyuanpus Young p. 153 fig. 1
1958Kuangyuanpus Huene p. 206
1958Kuangyuanpus Kuhn p. 25
1960Kuangyuanpus Young p. 65
1963Kuangyuanpus Kuhn p. 100
1966Kuangyuanpus Romer p. 370
2010Kuangyuanpus Lockley et al. p. 101
2013Kuangyuanpus Lockley et al. p. 4
2025Kuangyuanpus Foster et al. p. 363

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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
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
—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
—NeosuchiaClark 1988
suborderEusuchiaHuxley 1875
—Crocodylia(Owen 1842)
genusKuangyuanpus

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. †Kuangyuanpus Young 1943
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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: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Bajocian or 170.90000 to 168.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2China (Sichuan) Theropoda indet. (47078)