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Kuangyuanpus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Kuangyuanpus was named by Young (1943). It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was synonymized subjectively with Batrachopus by Zhen et al. (1989).

It was assigned to Saurischia by Kuhn (1958); to Sauropoda by Huene (1958); to Coelurosauria by Young (1960); to Theropoda by Kuhn (1963); to Sauropoda by Romer (1966); to Crocodylia by Lockley et al. (2010); and to Crocodylia by Lockley et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Kuangyuanpus Young p. 153 fig. 1
1958Kuangyuanpus Huene p. 206
1958Kuangyuanpus Kuhn p. 25
1960Kuangyuanpus Young p. 65
1963Kuangyuanpus Kuhn p. 100
1966Kuangyuanpus Romer p. 370
2010Kuangyuanpus Lockley et al. p. 101
2013Kuangyuanpus Lockley et al. p. 4

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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()
Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
SuchiaKrebs 1974
Paracrocodylomorpha
Loricata(Merrem 1820)
Crocodylomorpha()
Solidocrania
suborderCrocodyliformes
MesoeucrocodyliaWhetstone and Whybrow 1983
NeosuchiaClark 1988
suborderEusuchiaHuxley 1875
Crocodylia(Owen 1842)
genusKuangyuanpus

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. †Kuangyuanpus Young 1943
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoreuc
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:59
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:59
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Bajocian or 170.30000 to 168.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3China (Sichuan) Theropoda indet. (47078)