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Lukousaurus yini

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Lukousaurus yini was named by Young (1940). Its type specimen is IVPP AS V.23, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Huangchiatien, Lufeng, which is in a Sinemurian terrestrial horizon in the Lufeng Formation of China.

Entered
by M. Carrano on 2005-02-07; modified by R. Butler on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Lukousaurus yini Young p. 237
1941Lukousaurus yini Bien p. 174
1944Lukousaurus yini Young p. 4
1946Lukousaurus yini Young p. 5
1948Lukousaurus yini Young p. 75
1951Lukousaurus yini Young p. 33
1965Lukousaurus yini Simmons p. 53
1967Lukousaurus yini Charig p. 713
1970Lukousaurus yini Steel p. 12
1977Lukousaurus yini Rozhdestvensky p. 111
1984Lukousaurus yini Welles p. 171
2009Lukousaurus yini Wu et al. p. 20

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
genusLukousaurus
speciesyini

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.

†Lukousaurus yini Young 1940
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C.-C. Young 1951Skull rather small. Nasal opening small and anteriorly situated. Preorbital opening triangular and high. Orbits well rounded. Muzzle looks slender. Lower jaw slender with the lower margin straight. Premaxilla bears five teeth and maxilla about ten teeth. AH the teeth are sharply compressed and pointed backwards. Posterior side with fine and short serrations.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:45
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Sinemurian or 201.40000 to 192.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5China (Yunnan) Lukousaurus yini (49501 49503)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9China (Yunnan) Lukousaurus yini (type locality: 49773 78993)