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Gasosaurus constructus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Gasosaurus constructus was named by Dong and Tang (1985) [partial postcranial skeleton with teeth]. Its type specimen is IVPP V.7265, a set of postcrania, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dashanpu Dinosaur Quarry [lower], which is in a Bajocian/Oxfordian lacustrine sandstone/mudstone in the Shaximiao Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Gasosaurus constructus Dong and Tang
1988Gasosaurus constructus Paul p. 289
1990Gasosaurus constructus Molnar et al. p. 191
1992Gasosaurus constructus Dong p. 61
1993Gasosaurus constructus Gao p. 308
1994Gasosaurus constructus Currie and Zhao p. 2038
1997Gasosaurus constructus Dong p. 793
2004Gasosaurus constructus Holtz, Jr. et al. p. 77
2007Gasosaurus constructus Gómez-Fernández et al. p. 97
2007Gasosaurus constructus Wings et al. p. 126
2011Gasosaurus constructus Li et al. p. 23
2012Gasosaurus constructus Carrano et al. p. 254

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
genusGasosaurus
speciesconstructus

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Gasosaurus constructus Dong and Tang 1985
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available