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Barracudasauroides panxianensis

Reptilia - Mixosauridae

Taxonomy
Mixosaurus panxianensis was named by Jiang et al. (2006). Its type specimen is GMPKU-P-1033, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil.

It was recombined as Barracudasauroides panxianensis by Maisch (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Mixosaurus panxianensis Jiang et al. pp. 62-65 figs. 3-9
2010Barracudasauroides panxianensis Maisch
2016Mixosaurus panxianensis Ji et al. p. 9

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Ichthyosauromorpha
—Ichthyosauriformes
—Ichthyopterygia(Owen 1840)
—Eoichthyosauria
—Ichthyosauria(de Blainville 1835)
—Hueneosauria
familyMixosauridaeBaur 1887
genusBarracudasauroides
speciespanxianensis()

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.

†Barracudasauroides panxianensis Jiang et al. 2006
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D.-Y. Jiang et al. 2006Jugal with short posteroventral process; external contact between jugal and quadratojugal absent (plesiomorphic character that is absent in other mixosaurid species).
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2009-07-20 06:07:40
Modified: 2010-02-23 00:20:57
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Anisian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0China (Guizhou) Mixosaurus panxianensis (100295 100296 100298 100299 100300 100301)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0China (Guizhou) Mixosaurus panxianensis (97696 100297)