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Shinisauridae

Reptilia - Shinisauridae

Taxonomy
Shinisauridae was named by Ahl (1930). It is extant. Its type is Shinisaurus. It was considered monophyletic by Conrad (2006).

It was reranked as the subfamily Shinisaurinae by McDowell and Bogert (1954); it was synonymized subjectively with Xenosauridae by Kuhn (1966), Seiffert (1975) and Alifanov (2000).

It was assigned to Xenosauridae by McDowell and Bogert (1954); to Platynota by Conrad (2006); and to Squamata by Böhme (2008).

Subtaxa
Bahndwivici, Shinisaurus (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Shinisauridae Ahl
1954Shinisaurinae McDowell and Bogert p. 131
2006Shinisauridae Conrad p. 113
2008Shinisauridae Böhme p. 169

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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()
Anguimorpha(Fürbringer 1900)
Anguiformes(Bonaparte 1831)
infraorderPlatynotaBaur 1890
familyShinisauridaeAhl 1930
familyShinisauridaeAhl 1930

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.

Fm. Shinisauridae Ahl 1930
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Bahndwivici ammoskius Conrad 2006
G. Shinisaurus Ahl 1930 [Chinese crocodile lizard]
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Shinisaurus crocodilurus Ahl 1930 [Chinese crocodile lizard]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. B. McDowell and C. M. Bogert 1954Osteoderms isolated from one another, large, longitudinally elliptical, with a median carina; skull compressed; teeth bluntly pointed, slightly recurved and moderately long; supratemporal fenestra large, the squamosal separated from the parietal.
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Wasatchian or 59.20000 to 50.30000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0France (Champagne-Ardenne) Shinisauridae indet. (137125)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Bahndwivici ammoskius (15853)