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Shanyangosaurus niupanggouensis

Osteichthyes - Avetheropoda

Taxonomy
Shanyangosaurus niupanggouensis was named by Xue et al. (1996). Its type specimen is NWUV 1111, a set of postcrania (tibia), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Niupanggou (PROXY), which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Shanyang Formation of China. It is the type species of Shanyangosaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Shanyangosaurus niupanggouensis Xue et al.
2004Shanyangosaurus niupanggouensis Holtz, Jr. et al. p. 77

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
orderAvetheropoda
genusShanyangosaurus
speciesniupanggouensis

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.

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Diagnosis
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