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Gansuidae (disused)

Reptilia - Gansuidae

Taxonomy

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Gansuidae Hou and Liu p. 1299
1997Gansuidae Hou p. 103
2014Gansuidae Liu et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
Gansuiformes
familyGansuidae
familyGansuidae

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.

Fm. †Gansuidae Hou and Liu 1984
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. Hou and Z. Liu 1984A smaller Cretaceous shorebird. Claws are only slightly curved, with flexor tubercles. Phalanges are slender and have attachment channel for M. flexor tendons digitorum longus along each side. Digit IV is the longest. Tarsometatarsus is shorter than digits III and IV and laterally compressed, and is not fused completely in posterior view, and distal foramen large and prominent. Trochlea IV is shorter than trochlea III. Trochlea II is broad and in higher position. Calcaneal ridges and tendinal canals are not developed. Tibiotarsus is not supratendinal, highly compressed internal, and intercondylar fossa is deep. Internal condyle is slightly shorter than external condyle; internal condyle is extremely mediolaterally compressed.