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Rauisuchidae (rauisuchid)
Taxonomy
Rauisuchidae was named by Huene (1942). Its type is Rauisuchus. It is the type family of Rauisuchia. It was considered unknown by Sulej (2005) and monophyletic by Nesbitt (2011).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Rauisuchidae by Nesbitt (2011).
It was assigned to Ornithosuchoidea by Kuhn (1964); to Pseudosuchia by Krebs (1965); to Chirotherioidea by Kuhn (1966); to Pseudosuchida by Kuhn (1971); to Rauisuchia by Galton (1985), Carroll (1988) and Parrish (1993); to Rauisuchia by Long and Murry (1995) and Sulej (2005); and to Loricata by Nesbitt (2011).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Rauisuchidae by Nesbitt (2011).
It was assigned to Ornithosuchoidea by Kuhn (1964); to Pseudosuchia by Krebs (1965); to Chirotherioidea by Kuhn (1966); to Pseudosuchida by Kuhn (1971); to Rauisuchia by Galton (1985), Carroll (1988) and Parrish (1993); to Rauisuchia by Long and Murry (1995) and Sulej (2005); and to Loricata by Nesbitt (2011).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1942 | Rauisuchidae Huene |
| 1964 | Rauisuchidae Kuhn p. 320 |
| 1965 | Rauisuchidae Krebs p. 131 |
| 1966 | Rauisuchidae Kuhn p. 73 |
| 1971 | Rauisuchidae Kuhn p. 13 |
| 1985 | Rauisuchidae Galton |
| 1988 | Rauisuchidae Carroll |
| 1993 | Rauisuchidae Parrish p. 290 fig. 1 |
| 1995 | Rauisuchidae Long and Murry p. 119 |
| 2005 | Rauisuchidae Sulej p. 78 |
| 2011 | Rauisuchidae Nesbitt p. 203 fig. 51 |
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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.
Unr. †Rauisuchidae Huene 1942 [rauisuchid]
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G. †Fenhosuchus Young 1964
G. †Lupersuchus
G. †Postosuchus Chatterjee 1985
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†Postosuchus alisonae Peyer et al. 2008
†Postosuchus kirkpatricki Chatterjee 1985
G. †Teratosaurus Meyer 1861
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†Teratosaurus bengalensis Das-Gupta 1928
†Teratosaurus lloydi Owen 1841
†Teratosaurus schuetzii Fraas 1900
†Teratosaurus suevicus Meyer 1861
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| B. Krebs 1965 | Grosswüchsige Pseudosuchier. Schädel mit mittelgrosser Präorbitalöffnung. Thecodontes Gebiss mit relativ wenigen, grossen, zugespitzten, randlieh gekerbten Zähnen. Ungefähr 24 Präsacralwirbel, zwei Sacralwirbel, um 50 Schwanzwirbel. Halsrippenschäfte untereinander gelenkig verbunden. Längliche Scapula, ovales, caudal nicht oder kaum eingebuchtetes Coracoid mit kleinem Foramen. Extrem dreistrahliges Becken mit geschlossenem Acetabulum, an welchem alle drei Elemente beteiligt sind. Schlanke, lange Extremitäten. Länge Humerus + Radius erreicht rund drei Viertel vom Femur + Tibia. Radius ungefähr gleich lang wie Humerus. Tarsus mit vier Elementen, Gelenkkopf-Gelenkpfanne-Verbindung zwischen Astragalus und Calcaneus, kräftiger Tuber calcanei. Metatarsale V gekrümmt. Über Hals und Rumpf paarige, über Schwanz einfache Reihe kleiner dermaler Knochenschilder. | |
| S. J. Nesbitt 2011 | The most inclusive clade containing Rauisuchus tiradentes (Huene, 1942) but not Aetosaurus ferratus Fraas, 1877, Prestosuchus chiniquensis Huene, 1942, Poposaurus gracilis Mehl, 1915, or Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti, 1768 |
Measurements
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983 | |||||
Collections (74 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Induan - Smithian | India (West Bengal) | Teratosaurus bengalensis (117188) | |
| Olenekian | Russian Federation (Volgograd) | Scythosuchus basileus, Scolotosuchus basileus (27343) | |
| Anisian | Canada (Nova Scotia) | Rauisuchidae indet. (227834) | |
| Anisian | Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) | Vjushkovisaurus berdjanensis (97415) | |
| Anisian | Russian Federation (Orenburg) | Vjushkovisaurus berdjanensis (97409) | |
| Anisian - Ladinian | Namibia | Erythrosuchus africanus (99462) | |
| Middle Triassic | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Zanclodon schutzii (77928) | |
| Ladinian | Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) | Energosuchus garjainovi (79970) | |
| Ladinian | Argentina (La Rioja) | Luperosuchus fractus (13003 26092 60296) | |
| Ladinian | Russian Federation (Orenburg) | Energosuchus garjainovi (97439) | |
| Carnian | Morocco (Marrakech-Safi) | Arganasuchus dutuiti (94786) Theropoda indet. (58619) | |
| Carnian | USA (Virginia) | Rauisuchidae indet. (68950 68957) | |
| Carnian | India (Madhya Pradesh) | Tikisuchus romeri (94787) | |
| Carnian | Canada (Nova Scotia) | Theropoda indet. (107286) | |
| Carnian | USA (Texas) | Postosuchus sp. (84271) | |
| Carnian - Norian | USA (North Carolina) | Poposauridae indet. (32343) | |
| Carnian - Norian | USA (Texas) | Coelophysis sp. (71978 71982) Postosuchus kirkpatricki (22706 71976 98605) | |
| Carnian - Norian | Poland (Opole) | Teratosaurus sp. (61450) | |
| Carnian - Norian | Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) | Rauisuchus tiradentes (72088 72089 72136 99406 99408 99410) | |
| Tuvalian | Poland (Opole) | Teratosaurus sp. (61449) | |
| Norian | Argentina (San Juan) | Rauisuchidae indet. (182613) | |
| Norian | Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) | Teratosaurus suevicus (47785) | |
| Norian | USA (Arizona) | Postosuchus kirkpatricki (39160 39219 49500 57683 92322 92826 92850 93392 93414 93431 93432 93471 93541) Postosuchus sp. (57685 57686 84017) Rauisuchia indet. (92922) | |
| Norian | USA (New Mexico) | Postosuchus sp. (93605) Rauisuchidae indet. (48516 74202 75656 89969 93584 93594 93607 93608) Vivaron haydeni (92938 92939) | |
| Norian | USA (Texas) | Postosuchus sp. (13273 196537) Rauisuchidae indet. (218126) | |
| Norian - Rhaetian | South Africa (Free State) | Rauisuchidae indet. (107145 107146 107161) | |
| Lacian - Sevatian | USA (New Mexico) | Postosuchus sp. (62311) | |
| Alaunian | Greenland | Rauisuchidae indet. (26997) | |
| Rhaetian | USA (Arizona) | Postosuchus sp. (84015 84016) | |
| Early/Lower Jurassic | Zimbabwe (Matabeleland South) | Rauisuchidae indet. (45534) |