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Sinosaurus (China lizard)
Taxonomy
Sinosaurus was named by Young (1940). Its type is Sinosaurus triassicus.
It was considered a nomen dubium by Irmis (2004).
It was assigned to Pachypodosauria by Huene (1958); to Ornithosuchidae by Walker (1964); to Carnosauria by Young (1940), Young (1946), Young (1948), Swinton (1970); to Teratosauridae by Romer (1956), Huene (1959), Tatarinov (1964), Simmons (1965), Benedetto (1973), Rozhdestvensky (1977); to Melanorosauridae by Romer (1966), Steel (1970), Anderson and Cruickshank (1978); to Herrerasauridae by Battail (1986); to Poposauridae by Carroll (1988); and to Theropoda by Carrano (2025).
It was considered a nomen dubium by Irmis (2004).
It was assigned to Pachypodosauria by Huene (1958); to Ornithosuchidae by Walker (1964); to Carnosauria by Young (1940), Young (1946), Young (1948), Swinton (1970); to Teratosauridae by Romer (1956), Huene (1959), Tatarinov (1964), Simmons (1965), Benedetto (1973), Rozhdestvensky (1977); to Melanorosauridae by Romer (1966), Steel (1970), Anderson and Cruickshank (1978); to Herrerasauridae by Battail (1986); to Poposauridae by Carroll (1988); and to Theropoda by Carrano (2025).
Species
S. triassicus (syn. Dilophosaurus sinensis) (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1940 | Sinosaurus Young p. 237 |
| 1946 | Sinosaurus Young p. 8 |
| 1948 | Sinosaurus Young p. 79 |
| 1956 | Sinosaurus Romer p. 615 |
| 1958 | Sinosaurus Huene p. 205 |
| 1959 | Sinosaurus Huene p. 120 |
| 1964 | Sinosaurus Tatarinov p. 537 |
| 1964 | Sinosaurus Walker p. 106 |
| 1965 | Sinosaurus Simmons p. 64 |
| 1966 | Sinosaurus Romer p. 370 |
| 1970 | Sinosaurus Steel p. 57 |
| 1970 | Sinosaurus Swinton p. 139 |
| 1973 | Sinosaurus Benedetto |
| 1977 | Sinosaurus Rozhdestvensky p. 111 |
| 1978 | Sinosaurus Anderson and Cruickshank p. 31 |
| 1986 | Sinosaurus Battail p. 48 |
| 1988 | Sinosaurus Carroll |
| 2025 | Sinosaurus Carrano |
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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.
G. †Sinosaurus Young 1940 [China lizard]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Sinemurian or 201.40000 to 192.90000 Ma
Collections (15 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Hettangian | China (Yunnan) | Sinosaurus triassicus (49501 49503 173377) | |
| Hettangian - Sinemurian | China (Yunnan) | Dilophosaurus sinensis (25125) Sinosaurus triassicus (71803 71907 229976 229977 237360) | |
| Sinemurian | China (Yunnan) | Sinosaurus triassicus (49773 49775 59348 66926 72091 78993) |