Dinocephalosaurus orientalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Archosauromorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha

Familia: †Tanystropheidae
Genus: †Dinocephalosaurus
Species: †Dinocephalosaurus orientalis

Name

†Dinocephalosaurus orientalis Li, 2003: 419

• Holotype: IVPP V13767, a nearly complete skull with a few cervical vertebrae.
• Type locality and horizon: “Xinmin, Panxian of Guizhou Province, southern China; Guanling Formation, Anisian of the Middle Triassic”.

References

Primary references

• Li, C. 2003. First Record of Protorosaurid Reptile (Order Protorosauria) from the Middle Triassic of China. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 77(4): 419–423. DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2003.tb00122.x Reference page. 

Additional references

• Liu, J., Organ, C.L., Benton, M.J., Brandley, M.C. & Aitchison, J.C. 2017. Live birth in an archosauromorph reptile. Nature Communications 8: 14445. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14445 Reference page.