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Hupehsuchus nanchangensis

Reptilia - Hupehsuchia - Hupehsuchidae

Taxonomy
Hupehsuchus nanchangensis was named by Young and Dong (1972). Its type specimen is IVPP V3232, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Xunjian, Nanzhang, which is in a Triassic marine horizon in China. It is the type species of Hupehsuchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Hupehsuchus nanchangensis Young and Dong
1991Hupehsuchus nanchangensis Carroll and Dong p. 133

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
orderHupehsuchia
familyHupehsuchidae
genusHupehsuchusYoung and Dong 1972
speciesnanchangensisYoung and Dong 1972

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.

†Hupehsuchus nanchangensis Young and Dong 1972
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Olenekian to the top of the Middle Triassic or 251.20000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2China (Hubei) Hupehsuchus nanchangensis (195201)
Middle Triassic247.2 - 237.0China (Hubei) Hupehsuchus nanchangensis (type locality: 114113)