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Hupehsuchia

Reptilia - Hupehsuchia

Taxonomy

Hupehsuchia was named by Carroll and Dong (1991).

It was assigned to Diapsida by Carroll and Dong (1991); and to Diapsida by Chen et al. (2014), Chen et al. (2014) and Chen et al. (2015).

Subtaxa

Eohupehsuchus, Hupehsuchidae, Nanchangosauridae, Nanchangosaurus

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1991	Hupehsuchia Carroll and Dong p. 133
2014	Hupehsuchia Chen et al.
2015	Hupehsuchia Chen et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda

Rank	Name	Author
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
order	Hupehsuchia
order	Hupehsuchia

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.

Or. †Hupehsuchia Carroll and Dong 1991

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G. †Eohupehsuchus Chen et al. 2014

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†Eohupehsuchus brevicollis Chen et al. 2014

Fm. †Hupehsuchidae

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G. †Hupehsuchus Young and Dong 1972

†Hupehsuchus nanchangensis Young and Dong 1972

G. †Nanchangasaurus Wang 1959

Subfm. †Parahupehsuchinae Chen et al. 2015

G. †Eretmorhipis Chen et al. 2015

†Eretmorhipis carrolldongi Chen et al. 2015

G. †Parahupehsuchus Chen et al. 2014

†Parahupehsuchus longus Chen et al. 2014

G. †Nanchangosaurus Wang 1959

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†Nanchangosaurus suni Wang 1959

Invalid names: Nanchangosauridae Wang 1959 [empty]

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
X. -H. Chen et al. 2014	Snout elongated, flat, and edentulous; humerus with anterior flange; radiale larger than other proximal carpals; presacral vertebral count exceeding 36; first segments of posterior dorsal neural spines without interspinal space; posterior flange of rib present at least proximally; lateral gastralia boomerang-shaped, pointing anteriorly, with short side directed medially; anterior flange of lateral gastralia overlapping adjacent gastralia.

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialsubc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Created:

2017-04-17 15:16:03

Modified:

2017-04-17 15:16:03

Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Olenekian to the top of the Middle Triassic or 251.20000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Spathian	251.3 - 247.2	China (Hubei)	Eohupehsuchus brevicollis (194734) Nanchangosaurus suni (173843) Parahupehsuchus longus (155373)
Olenekian	251.2 - 247.2	China (Hubei)	Hupehsuchus nanchangensis (195201)
Middle Triassic	247.2 - 237.0	China (Hubei)	Hupehsuchus nanchangensis, Nanchangosaurus suni, Eretmorhipis carrolldongi (114113)