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Ticinosuchus

Reptilia

Taxonomy

Ticinosuchus was named by Krebs (1965). Its type is Ticinosuchus ferox. It was considered monophyletic by Nesbitt (2011) and Lautenschlager and Desojo (2011).

It was assigned to Rauisuchidae by Krebs (1965), Kuhn (1966) and Carroll (1988); to Pseudosuchia by Gauthier et al. (1989); to Prestosuchidae by Charig (1967) and Parrish (1993); to Rauisuchia by Lautenschlager and Desojo (2011); and to Suchia by Nesbitt (2011).

Species

T. ferox (type species)

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1965	Ticinosuchus Krebs p. 131
1966	Ticinosuchus Kuhn p. 74
1967	Ticinosuchus Charig p. 709
1988	Ticinosuchus Carroll
1989	Ticinosuchus Gauthier et al. p. 348
1993	Ticinosuchus Parrish p. 290 fig. 1
2011	Ticinosuchus Lautenschlager and Desojo
2011	Ticinosuchus Nesbitt p. 24 fig. 51

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967

Rank	Name	Author
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
—	Pseudosuchia	(Zittel 1890)
—	Suchia	Krebs 1974
genus	Ticinosuchus

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. †Ticinosuchus Krebs 1965

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†Ticinosuchus ferox Krebs 1965

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
B. Krebs 1965	Rauisuchiden mit verlängerten Halswirbeln, mit einer sehr schlanken Scapula, einem caudal nicht eingeschnittenen Coracoid, einem regelmässig ventrahvärts abgebogenen Pubis. Die Crista pectoralis befindet sich beim ersten Fünftel der Humeruslänge.
S. Lautenschlager and J. B. Desojo 2011	Ticinosuchus ferox differs from all other rauisuchian archosaurs by the combination of the following characters: antorbital fenestra tapers sharply anteriorly; maxilla with pronounced rostral ramus; maxilla with dorsoventrally expanded ascending process and fused medial interdental plates; centra of cervical vertebrae elongated and approximately twice as long as high; two sacral vertebrae; ventral margin of coracoid continuous (not interrupted by a notch or edge); pubis without distal expansion; postacetabular process of ilium with horizontal medial ridge; dorsal margin of ilium blade notably rounded and convex; ischia joined by a pronounced ventral crest, arrowhead-shaped and symmetrical anterior to mid-caudal osteoderms with a sharp and pronounced midline keel.