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Guchengosuchus shiguaiensis

Reptilia - Erythrosuchidae

Taxonomy
Guchengosuchus shiguaiensis was named by Peng (1991). Its type specimen is IVPP V 8808, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gucheng, Fugu, which is in an Anisian terrestrial horizon in the Ermaying Formation of China. It is the type species of Guchengosuchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Guchengosuchus shiguaiensis Peng p. 95 figs. 1-8
2016Guchengosuchus shiguaiensis Ezcurra

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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()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
familyErythrosuchidae
genusGuchengosuchus
speciesshiguaiensis

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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