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Turfanosuchus dabanensis

Reptilia - Gracilisuchidae

Taxonomy
Turfanosuchus dabanensis was named by Young (1973). Its type specimen is IVPP V.32237, a skeleton, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Taoshuyuanzi, Turfan Basin, which is in an Anisian terrestrial horizon in the Kelamayi Formation of China. It is the type species of Turfanosuchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Turfanosuchus dabanensis Young p. 15 figs. 1-2; Pl. 1-2
1993Turfanosuchus dabanensis Parrish p. 297
2011Turfanosuchus dabanensis Nesbitt p. 21
2014Turfanosuchus dabanensis Butler et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
SuchiaKrebs 1974
familyGracilisuchidae
genusTurfanosuchus
speciesdabanensis

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
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