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Changpeipus

Reptilia - Avetheropoda

Taxonomy

Changpeipus was named by Young (1960).

It was assigned to Theropoda by Kuhn (1963); to Carnosauria by Young (1960), Haubold (1971), Haubold (1974) and Zhen et al. (1989); and to Theropoda by Romero Molina et al. (2003).

Species

C. bartholomaii, C. carbonicus, C. longweimaoensis, C. xuiana

Synonyms

Changpeipus xuiana was named by Lü et al. (2007). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is 41HIII—0098, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Yima North coal mine tracksite, which is in a Jurassic lacustrine mudstone in the Yima Formation of China.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Lockley et al. (2013); it was considered a nomen dubium by Xing et al. (2021).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1960	Changpeipus Young p. 59
1963	Changpeipus Kuhn p. 101
1971	Changpeipus Haubold p. 79
1974	Changpeipus Haubold p. 45
1989	Changpeipus Zhen et al. p. 193
2003	Changpeipus Romero Molina et al. p. 25
2007	Changpeipus xuiana Lü et al. p. 440
2009	Changpeipus xuiana Xing et al. p. 18
2016	Changpeipus xuiana Wang et al. p. 11
2017	Changpeipus xuiana Li and Zhang p. 282

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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
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Theropoda	()
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
—	Tetanurae
order	Avetheropoda
infraorder	Carnosauria	()
genus	Changpeipus

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. †Changpeipus Young 1960

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†Changpeipus bartholomaii Haubold 1971

†Changpeipus carbonicus Young 1960

†Changpeipus longweimaoensis Li and Zhang 2017

Invalid names: Changpeipus xuiana Lü et al. 2007 [nomen dubium]

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:

carnivoreinfrao

Reproduction:

oviparouso

Dispersal:

direct/internalo

Dispersal 2:

mobileo

Created:

2009-01-03 20:39:32

Modified:

2009-01-03 22:39:32

Source: infrao = infraorder, o = order

References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Albian or 201.30000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (8 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Jurassic	201.4 - 145.0	China (Jilin)	C. carbonicus (60515)
Hettangian - Sinemurian	201.3 - 190.8	China (Xinjiang)	Theropoda indet. (60504)
Middle Jurassic	174.7 - 161.5	China (Henan)	C. xuiana (80650)
Middle Jurassic	174.7 - 161.5	China (Shaanxi)	C. longweimaoensis (224346)
Middle Jurassic	174.7 - 161.5	Australia (Queensland)	Dinosauria indet. (142853)
Bathonian	168.3 - 166.1	China (Xinjiang)	Carnosauria indet. (224367)
Early/Lower Cretaceous	145.0 - 100.5	China (Hebei)	C. sp. 1 (146536)
Aptian - Albian	125.0 - 100.5	China (Liaoning)	C. carbonicus (60459)