Hupehsuchus

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Hupehsuchus
Fossil range: Middle Triassic
Hupehsuchus nanchangensis on display at the Beijing Museum of Natural History
Hupehsuchus nanchangensis on display at the Beijing Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Ichthyopterygia
Genus: Hupehsuchus
Young, 1972
Species
  • H. nanchangensis Young, 1972 (type)

Hupehsuchus is an extinct genus of ichthyopterygian marine reptile from the Middle Triassic of China. The type species is H. nanchangensis.

[edit] Sources

  • Chinese Fossil Vertebrates by Spencer G. Lucas