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Shansisuchus shansisuchus

Reptilia - Erythrosuchidae

Taxonomy
Shansisuchus shansisuchus was named by Young (1964). Its type specimen is IVPP V 2503, a partial skull (Skull roof), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hsishihwa 56173, Lotzeyue, Wuhsiang, which is in an Anisian terrestrial sandstone/mudstone in the Ermaying Formation of China. It is the type species of Shansisuchus.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Fenhosuchus cristatus Young
1964Shansisuchus shansisuchus Young
1964Fenhosuchus cristatus Young p. 158
1976Shansisuchus shansisuchus Charig and Sues p. 35
2013Shansisuchus shansisuchus Wang et al.
2016Shansisuchus shansisuchus Ezcurra

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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
genusShansisuchus
speciesshansisuchus

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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Invalid names: Fenhosuchus cristatus Young 1964 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Anisian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0China (Shanxi) Fenhosuchus cristatus, Pseudosuchia indet. (type locality: 101059 101062) Pseudosuchia indet. (101060 101061) Shansisuchus shansisuchus (101159 101161 101162 101164 101165 101166 101167 101168 175580) Shansisuchus shansisuchus, Fenhosuchus cristatus (101160 101163)