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Anshunsaurus wushaensis

Reptilia - Thalattosauria - Askeptosauridae

Taxonomy
Anshunsaurus wushaensis was named by Rieppel et al. (2006). Its type specimen is IVPP V 13782, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Anshunsaurus wushaensis Rieppel et al. pp. 286-293 figs. 1-3
2007Anshunsaurus wushaensis Liu p. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Thalattosauriformes
orderThalattosauria
superfamilyAskeptosauroidea
familyAskeptosauridae
genusAnshunsaurusLiu 1999
specieswushaensis

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.

Anshunsaurus wushaensis Rieppel et al. 2006
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 10:38:24
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:38:24
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Longobardian or 242.00000 to 235.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0China (Guizhou) Anshunsaurus wushaensis (98907)