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Pachysuchus, the Glossary

Index Pachysuchus

Pachysuchus is a dubious extinct genus of basal sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Early Jurassic of China.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 21 relations: China, Crurotarsi, Dinosaur, Early Jurassic, Genus, Holotype, Jurassic, Latin, Lufeng Formation, Nomen dubium, Phytosaur, Rostrum (anatomy), Sauropodomorpha, Specific name (zoology), Triassic, Triassic–Jurassic extinction event, Type species, Xu Xing (paleontologist), Yang Zhongjian, Yunnan, 1951 in paleontology.

  2. Early Jurassic dinosaurs of Asia
  3. Fossil taxa described in 1951
  4. Paleontology in Yunnan
  5. Sauropodomorphs
  6. Taxa named by Yang Zhongjian

China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.

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Crurotarsi

Crurotarsi is a clade of archosauriform reptiles that includes crocodilians and stem-crocodilians and possibly bird-line archosaurs too if the extinct, crocodile-like phytosaurs are more distantly related to crocodiles than traditionally thought.

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Dinosaur

Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles of the clade Dinosauria.

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Early Jurassic

The Early Jurassic Epoch (in chronostratigraphy corresponding to the Lower Jurassic Series) is the earliest of three epochs of the Jurassic Period.

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Genus

Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.

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Holotype

A holotype is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described.

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Jurassic

The Jurassic is a geologic period and stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period, approximately Mya.

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Latin

Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Lufeng Formation

The Lufeng Formation (formerly Lower Lufeng Series) is a Lower Jurassic sedimentary rock formation found in Yunnan, China. Pachysuchus and Lufeng Formation are Jurassic China and paleontology in Yunnan.

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Nomen dubium

In binomial nomenclature, a nomen dubium (Latin for "doubtful name", plural nomina dubia) is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application. Pachysuchus and nomen dubium are nomina dubia.

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Phytosaur

Phytosaurs (Φυτόσαυροι in greek, meaning 'plant lizard') are an extinct group of large, mostly semiaquatic Late Triassic archosauriform reptiles.

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Rostrum (anatomy)

Rostrum (from Latin rostrum, meaning beak) is a term used in anatomy for a number of phylogenetically unrelated structures in different groups of animals.

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Sauropodomorpha

Sauropodomorpha (from Greek, meaning "lizard-footed forms") is an extinct clade of long-necked, herbivorous, saurischian dinosaurs that includes the sauropods and their ancestral relatives. Pachysuchus and Sauropodomorpha are Sauropodomorphs.

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Specific name (zoology)

In zoological nomenclature, the specific name (also specific epithet, species epithet, or epitheton) is the second part (the second name) within the scientific name of a species (a binomen).

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Triassic

The Triassic (sometimes symbolized 🝈) is a geologic period and system which spans 50.5 million years from the end of the Permian Period 251.902 million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Jurassic Period 201.4 Mya.

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Triassic–Jurassic extinction event

The Triassic–Jurassic (Tr-J) extinction event (TJME), often called the end-Triassic extinction, was a Mesozoic extinction event that marks the boundary between the Triassic and Jurassic periods,, and is one of the top five major extinction events of the Phanerozoic eon, profoundly affecting life on land and in the oceans.

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Type species

In zoological nomenclature, a type species (species typica) is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen (or specimens).

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Xu Xing (paleontologist)

Xu Xing (born July 1969) is a Chinese paleontologist who has named more dinosaurs than any other living paleontologist.

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Yang Zhongjian

Yang Zhongjian, also Yang Chung-chien (1 June 1897 – 15 January 1979), courtesy name Keqiang (克强), also known as C.C. (Chung Chien) Young, was a Chinese paleontologist and zoologist.

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Yunnan

Yunnan is an inland province in Southwestern China.

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1951 in paleontology

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.

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See also

Early Jurassic dinosaurs of Asia

Fossil taxa described in 1951

Paleontology in Yunnan

Sauropodomorphs

Taxa named by Yang Zhongjian

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachysuchus