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Sinosaurus (China lizard)

Reptilia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Sinosaurus Young p. 237
1946Sinosaurus Young p. 8
1948Sinosaurus Young p. 79
1956Sinosaurus Romer p. 615
1958Sinosaurus Huene p. 205
1959Sinosaurus Huene p. 120
1964Sinosaurus Tatarinov p. 537
1964Sinosaurus Walker p. 106
1965Sinosaurus Simmons p. 64
1966Sinosaurus Romer p. 370
1970Sinosaurus Steel p. 57
1970Sinosaurus Swinton p. 139
1973Sinosaurus Benedetto
1977Sinosaurus Rozhdestvensky p. 111
1978Sinosaurus Anderson and Cruickshank p. 31
1986Sinosaurus Battail p. 48
1988Sinosaurus Carroll
2023Sinosaurus Carrano

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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
RankNameAuthor
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
genusSinosaurus

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. †Sinosaurus Young 1940 [China lizard]
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Sinosaurus triassicus Young 1940
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:08
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:08
Source: o = order
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Sinemurian or 201.30000 to 190.80000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3China (Yunnan) Sinosaurus triassicus (49501 49503 173377)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8China (Yunnan) Sinosaurus triassicus (71803 71907 229976 229977)
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8China (Yunnan) Sinosaurus triassicus (49773 49775 59348 66926 72091 78993)