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Chensaurus chaoxianensis
Taxonomy
Anhuisaurus chaoxianensis was named by Chen (1985). It is not extant. Its type specimen is AGM P45-H85-25, a skeleton. Its type locality is Anhui Province, unknown locality, which is in a Spathian marine horizon in China.
It was recombined as Chensaurus chaoxianensis by Mazin Suteethora et al. (1991), Motani et al. (1996), Motani and You (1998); it was recombined as Chaohusaurus chaoxianensis by Chen (1985), Motani et al. (2015), Ji et al. (2016).
It was recombined as Chensaurus chaoxianensis by Mazin Suteethora et al. (1991), Motani et al. (1996), Motani and You (1998); it was recombined as Chaohusaurus chaoxianensis by Chen (1985), Motani et al. (2015), Ji et al. (2016).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1985 | Chaohusaurus chaoxianensis Chen |
| 1991 | Chensaurus chaoxianensis Mazin Suteethora et al. |
| 1996 | Chensaurus chaoxianensis Motani et al. p. 347 |
| 1998 | Chensaurus chaoxianensis Motani and You p. 534 |
| 2015 | Chaohusaurus chaoxianensis Motani et al. p. 3 |
| 2016 | Chaohusaurus chaoxianensis Ji et al. p. 3 |
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†Chensaurus chaoxianensis Chen 1985
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. Motani et al. 2015 | Snout shorter than in C. geishanensis; humeral flange with notched anterior margin; radius slightly shorter than humerus; radius with anterior flange; distal carpals 3 and 4 never fused; only one distal carpal ossified in smallest individuals; pha- langes and metacarpals well spaced; up to three phalanges in one digit; distal tarsal 3 not ossified; typical forelimb phalangeal for- mula 1-2(3)-3-3-1; front flipper posterodistally curved, with con- vex anterior margin. |
Measurements
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