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Postosuchus

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Postosuchus was named by Chatterjee (1985). It is not extant. Its type is Postosuchus kirkpatricki. It was considered monophyletic by Nesbitt (2011).

It was assigned to Pseudosuchia by Gauthier et al. (1989); to Poposauridae by Carroll (1988), Parrish (1993); to Paracrocodyliformes by Weinbaum and Hungerbühler (2007); to Rauisuchidae by Long and Murry (1995), Irmis (2005), Peyer et al. (2008); to Rauisuchidae by Nesbitt (2011); and to Paracrocodylomorpha by Weinbaum (2011).

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