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Chaohusaurus chaoxianensis

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)375339https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=375339
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Ichthyosauria : Grippiidae : Chaohusaurus : Chaohusaurus chaoxianensis
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
-IchthyosauromorphaMotani et al. 2015
-IchthyosauriformesMotani et al. 2015
-Ichthyopterygia
-EoichthyosauriaMotani 1999
-Ichthyosauria
familyGrippiidaeWiman 1929
genusChaohusaurusYoung and Dong 1972
speciesChaohusaurus chaoxianensis
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Chaohusaurus chaoxianensisspeciesbelongs to Chaohusaurusstated with evidenceChen, 1985
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance251 - 247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Last Recorded Appearance251 - 247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Environmentmarine (based on Ichthyosauria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Ichthyosauria)
Dietcarnivore (based on Ichthyosauria)
Reproductionviviparous (based on Ichthyosauria)
Taphonomyhydroxylapatite (based on Ichthyosauria)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. Motani, D.-Y. Jiang, and A. Tintori, O. Rieppel, G.-B. Chen, H. You. 2015. Status of Chaohusaurus chaoxianensis (Chen, 1985). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35(1):e892011

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1985Chaohusaurus chaoxianensis Chen
1991Chensaurus chaoxianensis Mazin Suteethora et al.
1996Chensaurus chaoxianensis Motani et al. p. 347
1998Chensaurus chaoxianensis Motani and You p. 534
2015Chaohusaurus chaoxianensis Motani et al. p. 3

References

Motani R., Jiang D.-Y., et al (2015) Status of Chaohusaurus chaoxianensis (Chen, 1985), Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35 1, e892011 doi:10.1080/02724634.2014.892011
Motani R., You H., et al (1996) Eel-like swimming in the earliest ichthyosaurs, Nature 382, 347-348
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