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Changjiangosaurus huananensis

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Changjiangosaurus huananensis was named by Hou (1976). Its type specimen is IVPP V4451, a partial skull (Lower jaws and a left quadrate), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wangdawu (71001), which is in a Paleocene terrestrial horizon in the Wanghudun Formation of China. It is the type species of Changjiangosaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Changjiangosaurus huananensis Hou p. 45 figs. 1; Pl. 1:1-4

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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()
genusChangjiangosaurus
specieshuananensis

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: 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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Paleocene or 66.00000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.66China (Anhui) Changjiangosaurus huananensis (type locality: 132953)