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[[Image:Hupehsuchus.jpg|thumb|left|Life restoration of ''Hupehsuchus nanchangensis'']] |
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'''''Hupehsuchus''''' is an [[extinct]] [[genus]] of small marine reptiles, about 1 m (3 ft) long, found in the area of [[Hubei]] in [[China]].<ref>{{cite journal|year=2020 |first1=Qiang |last1=Li |first2=Jun |last2=Liu |title=An Early Triassic sauropterygian and associated fauna from South China provide insights into Triassic ecosystem health|journal=Communications Biology|volume=3|at=63|doi=10.1038/s42003-020-0778-7|doi-access=free}}</ref> This marine reptile lived in the [[Olenekian]] stage of the [[Early Triassic]] period.<ref>{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1371/journal.pone.0094396| pmid = 24718682| title = A Carapace-Like Bony 'Body Tube' in an Early Triassic Marine Reptile and the Onset of Marine Tetrapod Predation| journal = PLOS ONE| volume = 9| issue = 4| pages = e94396| year = 2014| last1 = Chen | first1 = X. H. | last2 = Motani | first2 = R. | last3 = Cheng | first3 = L. | last4 = Jiang | first4 = D. Y. | last5 = Rieppel | first5 = O. | pmc=3981804| bibcode = 2014PLoSO...994396C| doi-access = free}}</ref> |
'''''Hupehsuchus''''' is an [[extinct]] [[genus]] of small marine reptiles, about 1 m (3 ft) long, found in the area of [[Hubei]] in [[China]].<ref>{{cite journal|year=2020 |first1=Qiang |last1=Li |first2=Jun |last2=Liu |title=An Early Triassic sauropterygian and associated fauna from South China provide insights into Triassic ecosystem health|journal=Communications Biology|volume=3|issue=1 |at=63|doi=10.1038/s42003-020-0778-7|pmid=32047220 |pmc=7012838 |doi-access=free}}</ref> This marine reptile lived in the [[Olenekian]] stage of the [[Early Triassic]] period.<ref>{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1371/journal.pone.0094396| pmid = 24718682| title = A Carapace-Like Bony 'Body Tube' in an Early Triassic Marine Reptile and the Onset of Marine Tetrapod Predation| journal = PLOS ONE| volume = 9| issue = 4| pages = e94396| year = 2014| last1 = Chen | first1 = X. H. | last2 = Motani | first2 = R. | last3 = Cheng | first3 = L. | last4 = Jiang | first4 = D. Y. | last5 = Rieppel | first5 = O. | pmc=3981804| bibcode = 2014PLoSO...994396C| doi-access = free}}</ref> |
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==Description== |
==Description== |
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Revision as of 02:06, 10 August 2023
| Hupehsuchus Temporal range: Early Triassic, Olenekian,
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| Specimen WGSC 26004 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | †Hupehsuchia |
| Family: | †Hupehsuchidae |
| Genus: | †Hupehsuchus Young, 1972 |
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| †Hupehsuchus nanchangensis Young, 1972
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Hupehsuchus is an extinct genus of small marine reptiles, about 1 m (3 ft) long, found in the area of Hubei in China.[1] This marine reptile lived in the Olenekian stage of the Early Triassic period.[2]
Description
Hupehsuchus was similar to its close relative, Nanchangosaurus, but differed from it in a number of ways. For example, Hupehsuchus had heavier armor on its back than Nanchangosaurus, and its back spines were more finely divided, giving it a more crocodile-like appearance than Nanchangosaurus. It had a thin, long snout like a gharial, river dolphin, or ichthyosaur, which it probably used to snag fish or probe for aquatic invertebrates.
Classification
Exactly to what species Hupehsuchus is related is unknown. Fairly clearly, it shares a close relationship with Nanchangosaurus, but other relations are unknown. Many features, including the discovery of polydactyly, suggest that Hupehsuchus is related to the ichthyosaurs, but the fact that Hupehsuchus' extra digits include more bones in the hand, rather than just the fingers as in the ichthyosaurs, may discredit that theory. It, along with Nanchangosaurus, seems to be so different from any other reptile that a new order has been constructed for the two genera called Hupehsuchia.
References
- ^ Li, Qiang; Liu, Jun (2020). "An Early Triassic sauropterygian and associated fauna from South China provide insights into Triassic ecosystem health". Communications Biology. 3 (1). 63. doi:10.1038/s42003-020-0778-7. PMC 7012838. PMID 32047220.
- ^ Chen, X. H.; Motani, R.; Cheng, L.; Jiang, D. Y.; Rieppel, O. (2014). "A Carapace-Like Bony 'Body Tube' in an Early Triassic Marine Reptile and the Onset of Marine Tetrapod Predation". PLOS ONE. 9 (4): e94396. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...994396C. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0094396. PMC 3981804. PMID 24718682.
- Chinese Fossil Vertebrates by Spencer G. Lucas
- The World Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Creatures by Dougal Dixon
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