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Platyognathus hsui
Taxonomy
Platyognathus hsui was named by Young (1944) [Wu & Sues (1996) created a neotype, IVPP V8266, for this species. ]. Its type specimen is CRL V.71 (neotype: IVPP V8266), a mandible, 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.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1944 | Platyognathus hsui Young p. 1 fig. 1 |
| 1951 | Platyognathus hsui Young p. 29 |
| 1965 | Platyognathus hsui Simmons p. 34 |
| 1967 | Platyognathus hsui Charig p. 704 |
| 1996 | Platyognathus hsui Wu and Sues |
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†Platyognathus hsui Young 1944
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| C.-C. Young 1951 | Pseudosuchian of small size. Lower jaw short and flat in anterior part. Tip blunt and slightly expanded immediately behind the tip. Behind a weak constriction posterior to the canine like tooth, the jaw expands considerably laterally. The teeth were thecodont, -as judged by the size and position of the alveoli. Anterior teeth small, pointing anteriorly. At least two canine-like teeth directed obliquely and anteriorly. The cross-section of the preserved tooth is irregularly octangular in outline. Posterior teeth subequal in size, being in vertical position with the axis of the jaw |