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Kwangsisaurus

Reptilia - Eosauropterygia

Taxonomy
Kwangsisaurus was named by Young (1959) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Olen]. Its type is Kwangsisaurus orientalis.

It was assigned to Nothosauridae by Young (1965); to Nothosauria by Carroll (1988); to Pistosauroidea by Rieppel (1999); to Pistosauroidea by Rieppel (2000); and to Notosauria by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
K. orientalis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Kwangsisaurus Young p. 77 figs. Pls. 1,2
1965Kwangsisaurus Young p. 355
1988Kwangsisaurus Carroll
1999Kwangsisaurus Rieppel p. 325
2000Kwangsisaurus Rieppel
2002Kwangsisaurus Sepkoski

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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()
suborderSauropterygia
orderEosauropterygia
suborderPistosauroideaBaur 1887
genusKwangsisaurusYoung 1959

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. †Kwangsisaurus Young 1959
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 10:38:36
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:38:36
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Olenekian or 251.20000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2China (Guangxi) K. orientalis (97989)