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Shihtienfenia

Reptilia - Pareiasauridae

Taxonomy

Shihtienfenia was named by Young and Yeh (1963). It is not extant. Its type is Shihtienfenia permica.

It was assigned to Pareiasauria by Lee (1997); and to Pareiasauridae by Young and Yeh (1963), Kuhn (1966), Carroll (1988) and Benton (2016).

Species

S. permica (syn. Huanghesaurus liulinensis, Shansisaurus xuecunensis) (type species)

Synonyms

Shansisaurus was named by Cheng (1980).

It was synonymized subjectively with Shihtienfenia by Benton (2016).

It was assigned to Pareiasauridae by Cheng (1980) and Gao (1989); and to Pareiasauria by Lee (1997).
Huanghesaurus was named by Gao (1983). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Shansisaurus by Lee (1997) and Li and Liu (2013); it was synonymized subjectively with Shihtienfenia by Benton (2016).

It was assigned to Pareiasauridae by Gao (1983).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1963	Shihtienfenia Young and Yeh pp. 196, 206
1966	Shihtienfenia Kuhn p. 18
1980	Shansisaurus Cheng p. 115
1983	Huanghesaurus Gao pp. 193, 202
1988	Shihtienfenia Carroll
1989	Shansisaurus Gao
1997	Shansisaurus Lee p. 255
1997	Shihtienfenia Lee p. 256
2016	Shihtienfenia Benton

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Parareptilia	Lawrence 1868
—	Procolophonomorpha	()
—	Procolophonia	()
—	Hallucicrania
superfamily	Pareiasauroidea	Nopsca 1928
—	Pareiasauria	()
family	Pareiasauridae	Lydekker 1889
genus	Shihtienfenia

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. †Shihtienfenia Young and Yeh 1963

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†Shihtienfenia permica Young and Yeh 1963

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Invalid names: Huanghesaurus liulinensis Gao 1983 [synonym], Shansisaurus xuecunensis Cheng 1980 [synonym]

Invalid names: Huanghesaurus Gao 1983 [synonym], Shansisaurus Cheng 1980 [synonym]

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
C.-C. Young and H.-K. Yeh 1963	see species diagnosis

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialuc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Diet:

herbivoresubo

Created:

2009-01-03 20:32:59

Modified:

2009-01-03 22:32:59

Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983

Age range: Changhsingian or 254.17000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian	254.17 - 252.17	China (Shanxi)	Huanghesaurus liulinensis, Shansisaurus xuecunensis (92907) Shansisaurus xuecunensis, S. permica (78694) S. permica (93536)