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Machaeroprosopus andersoni

Reptilia - Parasuchidae

Discussion

May be a junior synonym of M. pristinus

Taxonomy
Machaeroprosopus andersoni was named by Mehl (1922). Its type specimen is CFMNH 396, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Santa Rosa area, which is in a Norian terrestrial horizon in the Bull Canyon Formation of New Mexico. It is the type species of Machaeroprosopus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Arribasuchus buceros by Long and Murry (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Machaeroprosopus andersoni Mehl
1930Machaeroprosopus andersoni Hay p. 144
2013Machaeroprosopus andersoni Parker et al.
2013Machaeroprosopus andersoni Stocker and Butler

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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)
—Phytosauria(Jaeger 1828)
familyParasuchidaeLydekker 1885
subfamilyMystriosuchinaevon Huene 1915
—Leptosuchomorpha
—Mystriosuchini(Huene 1915)
genusMachaeroprosopus
speciesandersoni

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:18
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:18
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983

Age range: Norian or 228.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (New Mexico) Machaeroprosopus andersoni (type locality: 196536)