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Desmatosuchus spurensis
Taxonomy
Desmatosuchus spurensis was named by Case (1920). Its type specimen is UMMP 7476, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is east bank of Blanco River, which is in a Carnian/Norian crevasse splay claystone/claystone in the Tecovas Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Desmatosuchus.
It was synonymized subjectively with Desmatosuchus haplocerus by Long and Murry (1995).
It was synonymized subjectively with Desmatosuchus haplocerus by Long and Murry (1995).
Synonymy list
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Desmatosuchus spurensis Case 1920
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983 |
Age range: Norian or 228.00000 to 208.50000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Carnian - Norian | USA (Texas) | Desmatosuchus spurensis (type locality: 71977) | |
Norian | USA (New Mexico) | Desmatosuchus sp. (93611) | |
Norian | USA (Arizona) | Desmatosuchus haplocerus (39160) Desmatosuchus spurensis (94497 223390) |