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Shensipus tungchuanensis

Reptilia - Moyenisauropodidae

Taxonomy
Shensipus tungchuanensis was named by Young (1966). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is IVPP V3229, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Jiaoping coal mine tracksite (IVPP), which is in a Jurassic terrestrial sandstone in the Zhiluo Formation of China.

It was recombined as Anomoepus tungchuanensis by Xing et al. (2015), Xing et al. (2016), Xing et al. (2017) and Xing et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Shensipus tungchuanensis Young pp. 68-71
1971Shensipus tungchuanensis Haubold p. 73
1974Shensipus tungchuanensis Haubold p. 138
1983Shensipus tungchuanensis Kordos p. 508
1986Shensipus tungchuanensis Lockley et al. p. 1171
1989Shensipus tungchuanensis Zhen et al. p. 192
2008Shensipus tungchuanensis Fujita et al. p. 41 fig. 10
2009Shensipus tungchuanensis Xing et al. p. 23
2011Shensipus tungchuanensis Hu et al. p. 1698
2013Shensipus tungchuanghensis Lockley et al. p. 7
2015Anomoepus tungchuanensis Xing et al. p. 6
2016Shensipus tungchuanensis Wang et al. p. 1
2016Anomoepus tungchuanensis Xing et al. p. 519
2017Shensipus tungchuanensis Li and Zhang p. 284–285
2017Anomoepus tungchuanensis Xing et al. p. 12
2021Shensipus tungchuanensis Leonardi and Carvalho p. 128

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
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()
Ornithischia()
Genasauria
Cerapoda
Ornithopoda()
familyMoyenisauropodidae
genusShensipus
speciestungchuanensis

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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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. Zhen et al. 1989Tridactyl with slender digits. Digit II and IV considerably divergent. The angles between the digits are II-32°-III-58°-IV. Tips of digits with distinct pellet-like claws. Heels small. The length of the footprints is 8.1–9.8 cm, and the width is 8.9–9.1 cm. The pace is 9.7 cm.