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Nanchangosaurus suni

Reptilia - Hupehsuchia

Taxonomy
Nanchangosaurus suni was named by Wang (1959). Its type specimen is IVPP V646, a partial skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Xunjian, Nanzhang, which is in a Triassic marine horizon in China. It is the type species of Nanchangosaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Nanchangosaurus suni Wang
1991Nanchangosaurus suni Carroll and Dong pp. 146-147

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
orderHupehsuchia
genusNanchangosaurusWang 1959
speciessuniWang 1959

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.

†Nanchangosaurus suni Wang 1959
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Spathian to the top of the Middle Triassic or 251.30000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian251.3 - 247.2China (Hubei) Nanchangosaurus suni (173843)
Middle Triassic247.2 - 237.0China (Hubei) Nanchangosaurus suni (type locality: 114113)