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Hyphalosaurus

Reptilia

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Hyphalosaurus Gao et al.
1999Sinohydrosaurus Li et al.
2005Hyphalosaurus Gao and Fox p. 438
2007Hyphalosaurus Gao and Li p. 270
2008Hyphalosaurus Gao and Ksepka p. 749
2010Hyphalosaurus Hou et al.
2010Hyphalosaurus Matsumoto and Evans
2010Hyphalosaurus Zhou and Wang
2013Hyphalosaurus Matsumoto et al.
2019Hyphalosaurus Matsumoto et al.

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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()
Eosuchia()
Neodiapsida
SauriaGauthier 1984
Choristodera()
genusHyphalosaurus

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.

G. †Hyphalosaurus Gao et al. 1999
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Hyphalosaurus baitaigouensis Ji et al. 2004
Hyphalosaurus lingyuanensis Gao et al. 1999
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Invalid names: Sinohydrosaurus lingyuanensis Li et al. 1999 [objective synonym]
Invalid names: Sinohydrosaurus Li et al. 1999 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
K. -Q. Gao and D. T. Ksepka 2008The genus is diagnosed by derived character states including an elongated neck consisting of 19–24 cervical vertebrae and subequal length of the third and fourth metatarsals. Because the skull of Shokawa remains almost entirely unknown, it is uncertain which features of the skull diagnose Hyphalosaurus and which are shared between the two taxa