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Postosuchus

Osteichthyes

Species
P. alisonae, P. kirkpatricki (type species)
Entered
by J. Head on 2003-01-23; modified by R. Butler on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Postosuchus Chatterjee
1988Postosuchus Carroll
1989Postosuchus Gauthier et al. p. 348
1993Postosuchus Parrish p. 302
1995Postosuchus Long and Murry p. 119
2005Postosuchus Irmis p. 78
2007Postosuchus Weinbaum and Hungerbühler p. 141
2008Postosuchus Peyer et al.
2011Postosuchus Nesbitt fig. 51
2011Postosuchus Weinbaum p. 20

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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
RankNameAuthor
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
SuchiaKrebs 1974
Paracrocodylomorpha
Loricata(Merrem 1820)
Rauisuchidae(Huene 1942)
genusPostosuchusChatterjee 1985

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. †Postosuchus Chatterjee 1985
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Postosuchus alisonae Peyer et al. 2008
Postosuchus kirkpatricki Chatterjee 1985
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available