Fifteen years have past since the first edition of The Chinese Fossil Reptiles and Their Kins was published. Like its first edition, this second edition remains to serve as an introductory manual ot the Chinese lower vertebrate fossils and primitive birds for paleontologists and non-professionals alike. This thoroughly revised and updated edition has incorporated 172 new genera and 219 new species discovered in the past 15 years in China. Most of them came from the materials collected during the China-Canada Dinosaur Project in northwestern China, the Jehol Biota in northern China, the Dashankou Fauna in Gansu, and the Triassic marine fauna in Guizhou. In addition, cladograms are introduced in the new edition, representing our current understanding of the relationships within the Amphibia, Anapsida, Diapsida, Squamata the basal groups of Lepidosauromorpha, Archosaurornorpha. Crocodylomorpha, Pterosauria, Ornithischia, Saurischia, Aves, and Synapsida. Linnaean system of classification, however, is retained in this edition.
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Preface Introduction Introduction (The first edition, 1992) Institutional abbreviations Tetrapoda WANG Yuan, ZHANG Guilin, SUN Ailing Amphibia Order Temnospondyli Family Brachyopidae Family Metoposauridae Superfamily Mastodonsauroidea Family Heylerosauridae Family Mastodonsauridae Superfamily Dissorophoidea Family Dissorophidae Subclass Lissamphibia Superorder Caudata Order Urodela Family ?Salamandridae Family ?Salamandridae Superorder Salientia Order Anura Family Alytidae Family Pelobatidae Family Bufonidae Family Ranidae Superorder Reptiliomorpha Order Anthracosauria Family Chroniosuchidae Suborder Seymouriamorpha Family Discosauriscidae Family Kotlassiidae Amniota LI Jinling Sauropsida Subclass Anapsida Family Bolosauridae Suborder Procolophonia Family Procolophonidae Suborder Pareiasauroidea Family Pareiasauridae Order Testudines BRINKMAN D. B., LI Jinling, YE Xiangkui Infraorder Rhaptochelydia Gigaorder Casichelydia Suborder Cryptodira Hyperorder Daiocryptodira Parvorder Eucryptodira Family Sinochelyidae Family Xinjiangchelyidae Unranked taxon Centrocryptodira Family Sinemydidae Superfamily Trionychoidea Family Adocidae Family Nanhsiungchelyidae Family Carettochelyidae Family Trionychidae Superfamily Testudinoidea Family Lindholmemydidae Family Emydidae Family Testudinidae Family Chengyuchelyidae Order Captorhinomorpha LI Jinling Family Captorhinidae Subclass Diapsida Order Choristodera Family Champsosauridae Family Monjurosuchidae Infraclass Lepidosauromorpha Superorder Lepidosauria Order Rhynchocephalia Family Sphenodontidae Order Squamata WANG Yuan, LI Jinling Infraorder Iguania Pleurodonta Acrodonta Scleroglossa Infraorder Scincomorpha Family Polyglyphanodontidae Family ?Paramacellodidae Infraorder Anguimorpha Family Anguidae Family Carusiidae Family ?Xenosauridae Family Helodermatidae Family ?Varanidae Family Necrosauridae Suborder Serpentes Family Colubridae Marine diapsids LI Chun, LIU Jun, DONG Zhiming Order Hupehsuchia Family Nanchangosauridae Superorder Ichthyopterygia Order Grippidia Family Grippiidae Order Ichthyosauria Suborder Mixosauria Family Mixosauridae Suborder Merriamosauriformes Family Guanlingsauridae Infraorder Shastasauria Family Shastasauridae Infraorder Euichthyosauria Superorder Thalattosauria Family Askeptosauridae Family Thalattosauridae Superorder Sauropterygia Order Placodontia Suborder Cyamodontoidea Superfamily Placochelyida Family Placochelyidae Order Eosauropterygia Suborder Pachypleurosauria Family Pachypleurosauridae Suborder Eusauropterygia Infraorder Nothosauroidea Superfamily Nothosauria Family Nothosauridae Infraorder Pistosauroidea Order Plesiosauria Superfamily Pliosauroidea Infraclass Archosauromorpha WU Xiaochun, SUN Ailing Order Protorosauria Family Prolacertidae Archosauriformes Family Proterosuchidae Family Erythrosuchidae Family Euparkeridae Superorder Archosauria Crurotarsi Family Lotosauridae Order Crocodylomorpha LI Jinling, WU Xiaochun Suborder Sphenosuchia Family Sphenosuchidae Suborder Crocodyliformes Infraorder Protosuchia Family Protosuchidae Infraorder Mesoeucrocodylia Family Hsisosuchidae Family Teleosauridae Family Notosuchidae Infraorder Neosuchia Family Atoposauridae Family Goniopholididae Infraorder Eusuchia Family Crocodylidae Subfamily Thoracosaurinae Subfamily Pristichampsinae Subfamily Crocodylinae Subfamily Alligatorinae Order Pterosauria WANG Xiaolin, DONG Zhiming Suborder Rhamphorhynchoidea Family Anurognathidae Family Rhamphorhynchidae Suborder Pterodactyloidea Superfamily Archaeopterodactyloidea Family Pterodactylidae Family Ctenochasmatidae Family ?Gallodatylidae Superfamily Dsungaripteroidea Family Pteranodontidae Family Istiodactylidae Family Ornithocheiridae Family Anhangueridae Family Dsungaripteridae Family Tapejaridae Family Azhdarchidae Pterodactyloid eggs and embryos Order Ornithischia Suborder Ornithopoda Family Hypsilophodontidae Infraorder Iguanodontia Superfamily Iguanodontoidea Family Iguanodontidae Superfamily Hadrosauroidea Family Hadrosauridae Subfamily Hadrosaurinae Subfamily Lambeosaurinae Suborder Ceratopsia Family Psittacosauridae Superfamily Neoceratopsia Family Protoceratopsidae Suborder Pachycephalosauria Family Homalocephalidae Suborder Stegosauria Family Stegosauridae Subfamily Huayangosaurinae Subfamily Stegosaurinae Suborder Ankylosauria Family Ankylosauridae Family Nodosauridae Order Saurischia ZHAO Qi, XU Xing, JIA Chengkai, DONG Zhiming Suborder Sauropodomorpha Infraorder Prosauropoda Family Plateosauridae Family Anchisauridae Infraorder Sauropoda Eusauropoda Subfamily Shunosaurinae Subfamily Bellusaurinae Family Mamenchisauridae Subfamily Mamenchisaurinae Titanosauriformes Subfamily Euhelopodinae Family Huabeisauridae Titanosauria Suborder Theropoda Family Podokesauridae Ceratosauria Tetanurae Family Megalosauridae Avetheropoda Carnosauria Superfamily Allosauroidea Family Sinraptoridae Coelurosauria Family Coeluridae Family Compsognathidae Family Tyrannosauridae Family Ornithomimidae Maniraptora Superfamily Therizinosauroidea Oviraptorosauria Family Oviraptoridae Eumaniraptora Family Dromaeosauridae Family Troodontidae Aves ZHOU Zhonghe, ZHANG Fucheng, HOU Lianhai Order Jeholornithiformes Family Jeholornithidae Pygostylia Order Sapeornithiformes Family Sapeornithidae Order Confuciusornithiformes Family Confuciusornithidae Ornithothoraces Enantiornithes Order Protopterygiformes Family Protopterygidae Order Eoenantiornithiformes Family Eoenantiornithidae Order Liaoxiornithiformes Family Liaoxiornithidae Order Longirostravisiformes Family Longirostravisidae Order Longipterygiformes Family Longipterygidae Order Cathayornithiformes Family Cathayornithidae Order Sinornithiformes Family Sinornithidae Order Boluochiformes Family Boluochidae Order Jibeiniaithiformes Family Jibeiniaithidae Ornithurae Order Liaoningornithiformes Family Liaoningornithidae Order Yixianornithiformes Family Yixianornithidae Order Yanornithiformes Family Yanornithidae Order Chaoyangornithiformes Family Chaoyangornithidae Family Songlingornithidae Order Gansuiformes Family Gansuidae Order Struthioniformes Family Struthionidae Order Ardeiformes Family Ciconidae Family Threskiornithidae Order Anseriformes Family Anatidae Subfamily Anserinae Order Falconiformes Family Accipitridae Subfamily Aegypinae Subfamily Buteoninae Order Strigiformes Family Strigidae Order Galliformes Family Tetraonidae Family Phasianidae Order Gruiformes Family Eogruidae Family Rallidae Family Songzidae Order Diatrymiformes Family Gastornithidae Order Charadriiformes Family Scolopacidae Order Passeriformes List of Pleistocene birds at Zhoukoudian, Beijing Subclass Synapsida LI Jinling, SUN Ailing Order Therapsida Suborder Eotitanosuchia Family Biseridensidae Suborder Dinocephalia Family Anteosauridae Family Stenocybusidae Suborder Dicynodontia Family Diictodontidae Family Dicynodontidae Family Lystrosauridae Family Shansiodontidae Family Kannemeyeriidae Suborder Therocephalia Family Regisauridae Family Ordosiidae Family Bauriidae Suborder Cynodontia Family Trirachodontidae Family Tritylodontidae Literature cited Systematic index Index A comparative list of the locality in Chinese phonetic alphabet (CPA) and conventional English (CE)