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Anqingosaurus brevicephalus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Anqingosaurus brevicephalus was named by Hou (1976). Its type specimen is IVPP V 4452, a partial skull, 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 Anqingosaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Anqingosaurus brevicephalus Hou p. 47 figs. 2; Pl. 1:5-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
genusAnqingosaurus
speciesbrevicephalus

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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available