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Shantungosuchus chuhsienensis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Shantungosuchus chuhsienensis was named by Young (1961). Its type specimen is IVPP V.2484, a skeleton, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Western slope of Tashan Hill, which is in a Berriasian/Valanginian terrestrial sandstone in the Mengyin Formation of China.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Shantungosuchus chuhsienensis Young p. 9 figs. Pl. 1-3
1982Shantungosuchus brachycephalus Young p. 45 figs. Pl. 1
2012Shantungosuchus brachycephalus Bronzati et al.
2012Shantungosuchus chuhsienensis Bronzati et al.

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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()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
—Solidocrania
suborderCrocodyliformes
—Shartegosuchoidea
genusShantungosuchus
specieschuhsienensis

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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Invalid names: Shantungosuchus brachycephalus Young 1982 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available