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Tanius chingkankouensis

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Tanius chingkankouensis was named by Young (1958). Its type specimen is IVPP V724 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hsikou, Chinkangkou, Laiyang, which is in a Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Jingangkou Formation of China.

It was synonymized subjectively with Tanius sinensis by Weishampel and Horner (1990); it was considered a nomen nudum by Dong (1992); it was considered a nomen dubium by Lund and Gates (2006); it was misspelled as Tanius chinkankouensi by Wang et al. (2012), Zhang et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Tanius chingkankouensis Young p. 91
1964Tanius chingkankouensis Kuhn p. 27
1976Tanius chingkankouensis Zhen p. 168
1980Tanius chinkankouensis Chao
1981Tanius chingkankouensis Maryanska and Osmólska p. 8
1983Tanius chingkankouensis Weishampel and Weishampel p. 44
2012Tanius chinkankouensi Wang et al. p. 406
2017Tanius chingkankouensis Zhang et al. p. 196

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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()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Ornithischia()
Genasauria
Cerapoda
Ornithopoda()
Clypeodonta
Iguanodontia()
Dryomorpha
Styracosterna
Hadrosauriformes
Hadrosauroidea()
genusTanius
specieschingkankouensis

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
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: gregariouso
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2005-08-25 05:56:31
Modified: 2005-08-25 07:56:31
Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983, Peczkis 1995

Age range: Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.2China (Shandong) Tanius chingkankouensis (type locality: 55461)