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Notosuchus terrestris

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Notosuchus terrestris was named by Woodward (1896). Its type specimen is MLP no. 253, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Boca del Sapo, which is in a Santonian terrestrial sandstone in the Bajo de la Carpa Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Notosuchus terrestris Woodward p. 16 figs. Pl. 1, 2:1-8
2006Notosuchus terrestris Nobre and Carvalho
2008Notosuchus terrestris Fiorelli and Calvo
2008Notosuchus terrestris Martinelli and Pais
2010Notosuchus terrestris Nascimento and Zaher
2010Notosuchus terrestris Turner and Sertich
2011Notosuchus terrestris Montefeltro et al.
2012Notosuchus terrestris Bronzati et al.
2014Notosuchus terrestris Godoy et al.
2014Notosuchus terrestris Sertich and O'Connor

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
—Solidocrania
suborderCrocodyliformes
—MesoeucrocodyliaWhetstone and Whybrow 1983
infraorderNotosuchiaGasparini 1971
—Eunotosuchia
—Xenodontosuchia
—Sphagesauria
genusNotosuchus
speciesterrestris

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.

†Notosuchus terrestris Woodward 1896
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. Fiorelli and J. O. Calvo 2008Extremely short and relatively high skull, with confluent and terminal external nares, vertical and anteriorly positioned, without nasal sept. Big orbit laterodorsally directed, covered partial and dorsally with anterior and posterior palpebrals. Rostrum lightly higher than wide. The premaxilla presents two (or three) incisiforms, a hipertrophied caniniform tooth, and a postcaniniform tooth (first molariform); each maxilla possesses 6 molariform teeth, depending on the specimen. The jaw exhibits a great lateral fenestra, anteroposteriorly lengthened. The occipital condyle is posteroventrally directed. Cervical vertebrae have slightly amphicoelous centra with a ventral kell and relatively high neural spines. Zygapophyses are width from the fourth to the eighth cervical vertebra and the cervical parapophyses are low. Presence of suprapostzygapophyseal lamina in cervicodorsal vertebrae. Presence of three sacral vertebrae fused between the second and third. Dorsal end of the scapula greatly enlarged. Distal end of the ventromedial process of the coracoid poor developed. Dorsal surface of the ilium lateromedially and acetabular roof both width. Femoral shaft with a well developed anteromedially directed process on the distal end.