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Santaisaurus ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4823684https://www.gbif.org/species/4823684
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)37545https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=37545
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Procolophonidae : Santaisaurus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Paliguanidae : Santaisaurus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Lepidosauromorpha
familyPaliguanidaeBroom 1926
genusSantaisaurusKoh 1940
Scientific NameSantaisaurus Koh, 1940
Name Published InBull. Geol. Soc. China, 20, 73
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Santaisaurusgenusbelongs to Reptiliastated with evidenceKoh, 1940
Santaisaurusgenusbelongs to ProcolophonidaeimpliedCarroll, 1988
Santaisaurusgenusbelongs to Paliguanidaestated with evidenceLi, 1989
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance252 - 251 Ma
Phanerozoic
Last Recorded Appearance252 - 251 Ma
Phanerozoic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Diapsida)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)T.-P. Koh. 1940. Santaisaurus yuani gen. et sp. nov., ein neues Reptil aus der unteren Trias von China. Bulletin of the Geological Society of China 20(1):73-92

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Santaisaurus yuani ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1252 Ma
Permian		252 Ma
Permian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1940Santaisaurus Koh pp. 73, 84 figs. Pls. I-III
1988Santaisaurus Carroll
1989Santaisaurus Li pp. 260, 267

References

Koh T.-P. (1940) Santaisaurus yuani gen. et sp. nov., ein neues Reptil aus der unteren Trias von China, Bulletin of the Geological Society of China 20 1, 73-92
Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
Li J.-L. (1989) A New Genus of Procolophonidae from Lower Triassic of Shaanxi, China, Vertebrata PalAsiatica 27 4, 248-267
GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
NZ cross ref or inferred from publ. title - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Bull. Geol. Soc. China, 20, 73 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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