Gansurhinus
Encyclopedia
Gansurhinus is an extinct genus
of moradisaurine captorinid
known from the Middle Permian of China
. It was first named by Robert R. Reisz
, Jun Liu, Jin-Ling Li and Johannes Müller in 2011
and the type species
is Gansurhinus qingtoushanensis.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of moradisaurine captorinid
Captorhinidae
Captorhinidae is one of the earliest and most basal reptile families.-Description:...
known from the Middle Permian of China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
. It was first named by Robert R. Reisz
Robert R. Reisz
Robert Rafael Reisz is a Canadian paleontologist and specialist in the study of early amniote and tetrapod evolution.Robert Reisz was born August 27, 1947, in Oradea, Romania. He received his B.Sc. , M.Sc. and Ph.D. from McGill University as Robert L. Carroll’s first doctoral graduate...
, Jun Liu, Jin-Ling Li and Johannes Müller in 2011
2011 in paleontology
-Lobopods:-Arachnids:-Insects:-Newly named jawless vertebrates:-Newly named acanthodian:-Newly named cartilaginous fishes:-Newly named bony fishes:-Newly named lepospondyls:-Newly named temnospondyls:-Newly named lissamphibians:...
and the type species
Type species
In biological nomenclature, a type species is both a concept and a practical system which is used in the classification and nomenclature of animals and plants. The value of a "type species" lies in the fact that it makes clear what is meant by a particular genus name. A type species is the species...
is Gansurhinus qingtoushanensis.