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Sanchiaosaurus

Reptilia - Eosauropterygia

Taxonomy
Sanchiaosaurus was named by Young (1965). Its type is Sanchiaosaurus dengi.

It was assigned to Nothosauridae by Young (1965) and Kuhn (1966); and to Nothosauroidea by Rieppel (1999).

Species
S. dengi (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Sanchiaosaurus Young p. 324
1966Sanchiaosaurus Kuhn p. 112
1999Sanchiaosaurus Rieppel p. 327 figs. 7-9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
suborderSauropterygia
orderEosauropterygia
superfamilyNothosauroidea
genusSanchiaosaurus

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.

G. †Sanchiaosaurus Young 1965
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†Sanchiaosaurus dengi Young 1965
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 10:38:36
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:38:36
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Anisian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0China (Guizhou) S. dengi (97990)