A carapace-like bony ‘body tube’ in an Early Triassic marine reptile and the onset of marine tetrapod predation

X. -H. Chen, R. Motani, L. Cheng, D. -Y. Jiang, and O. Rieppel

2014

Article

PLoS ONE 9(4):e94396

Find it at:

http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1371/journal.pone.0094396

Taxa discussed in this work:

• Parahupehsuchus
• Parahupehsuchus longus

Taxonomy:

• Hupehsuchidae belongs to Hupehsuchia - Chen et al. (2014)
• Parahupehsuchus belongs to Hupehsuchidae - Chen et al. (2014)
• Hupehsuchus belongs to Hupehsuchidae - Chen et al. (2014)
• Parahupehsuchus longus belongs to Parahupehsuchus - Chen et al. (2014)
• Nanchangosaurus belongs to Hupehsuchia - Chen et al. (2014)