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Sinosauropterygidae

Osteichthyes - Sinosauropterygidae

Taxonomy
Sinosauropterygidae was named by Ji and Ji (1996).

It was assigned to Sinosauropterygiformes by Ji and Ji (1996); and to Coelurosauria by Qiu et al. (2025).

Subtaxa
Huadanosaurus, Sinosauropteryx
Entered
by M. Carrano on 2006-12-13; modified by M. Carrano on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Sinosauropterygidae Ji and Ji p. 30
2025Sinosauropterygidae Qiu et al.

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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()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
familySinosauropterygidae
familySinosauropterygidae

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.

Fm. †Sinosauropterygidae Ji and Ji 1996
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G. †Huadanosaurus Qiu et al. 2025
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†Huadanosaurus sinensis Qiu et al. 2025
G. †Sinosauropteryx Ji and Ji 1996
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†Sinosauropteryx lingyuanensis Qiu et al. 2025
†Sinosauropteryx prima Ji and Ji 1996
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
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: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Barremian or 125.77000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barremian125.77 - 121.4China (Liaoning) Sinosauropteryx lingyuanensis, Huadanosaurus sinensis (278643)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57China (Liaoning) Sinosauropteryx prima (50469 50470) Sinosauropteryx sp. (13937)