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Lucasuchus hunti

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Lucasuchus hunti was named by Long and Murry (1995). Its type specimen is TMM 31100-257, an osteoderm (paramedian plate), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Otis Chalk Quarry 3, TMM 31100, which is in a Carnian/Norian crevasse splay mudstone in the Colorado City Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Lucasuchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Lucasuchus hunti Long and Murry p. 73 figs. 64-67
2007Lucasuchus hunti Parker
2010Lucasuchus hunti Parker and Martz p. 1102
2013Lucasuchus hunti Desojo et al.
2016Lucasuchus hunti 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
specieshunti

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.

†Lucasuchus hunti Long and Murry 1995
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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 (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0USA (North Carolina) Typothorax sp. (46567)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5USA (Texas) Lucasuchus hunti (type locality: 22706 22707)