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Funiusaurus luanchuanensis

Reptilia - Polyglyphanodontidae

Taxonomy
Funiusaurus luanchuanensis was named by Xu et al. (2014). Its type specimen is HGM 4IHIII-114, a partial skull (incomplete skull and mandible with some elements associated), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Luanchan, general, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Qiupa Formation of China. It is the type species of Funiusaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Funiusaurus luanchuanensis Xu et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Squamata()
Scincomorpha()
PolyglyphanodontiaAlifanov 2000
familyPolyglyphanodontidaeGilmore 1942
subfamilyTuberocephalosaurinaeAlifanov 2000
genusFuniusaurus
speciesluanchuanensis

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.

Funiusaurus luanchuanensis Xu et al. 2014
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0China (Henan) Funiusaurus luanchuanensis (type locality: 166883)