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Sinosaurosphargis yunguiensis
Taxonomy
Sinosaurosphargis yunguiensis was named by Li et al. (2011). Its type specimen is IVPP V 17040, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dawazi, upper vertebrate horizon (=Member 2), Luoping County, which is in a Pelsonian shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Guanling Formation of China. It is the type species of Sinosaurosphargis.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2011 | Sinosaurosphargis yunguiensis Li et al. pp. 304-309 figs. 1-3 |
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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.
†Sinosaurosphargis yunguiensis Li et al. 2011
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| C. Li et al. 2011 | "A diapsid reptile with closed upper temporal fenestrae, and a ventrally open cheek; external nares retracted; trunk region short and of rounded contours; trunk, neck, and proximal limb segments covered by shield composed of small osteoderms; dorsal vertebrae with elongated, distally expanded transverse processes; dorsal ribs broadened and flat, contacting one another along their length." |
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| Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||