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Lucasuchus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Lucasuchus was named by Long and Murry (1995). Its type is Lucasuchus hunti.

It was synonymized subjectively with Longosuchus by Heckert and Lucas (1999).

It was assigned to Stagonolepididae by Long and Murry (1995); to Desmatosuchinae by Parker (2007) and Parker and Martz (2010); and to Desmatosuchini by Parker (2016).

Species
L. hunti (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Lucasuchus Long and Murry p. 73
2007Lucasuchus Parker
2010Lucasuchus Parker and Martz p. 1102
2016Lucasuchus Parker

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Aetosauria(Lydekker 1889)
—Stagonolepididae(Lydekker 1887)
suborderDesmatosuchia
subfamilyDesmatosuchinae
—Desmatosuchini
genusLucasuchus

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.

G. †Lucasuchus Long and Murry 1995
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†Lucasuchus hunti Long and Murry 1995
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:33
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:33
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983

Age range: Carnian or 237.00000 to 228.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0USA (North Carolina) Desmatosuchus sp. (93563) L. sp. (169982) Typothorax sp. (46567)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5USA (Texas) L. hunti (22706 22707)