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Desmatosuchus spurensis

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Desmatosuchus spurensis was named by Case (1920). Its type specimen is UMMP 7476, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is east bank of Blanco River, which is in a Carnian/Norian crevasse splay claystone/claystone in the Tecovas Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Desmatosuchus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Desmatosuchus haplocerus by Long and Murry (1995).

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by M. Carrano on 2007-05-18; modified by M. Carrano on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Desmatosuchus spurensis Case p. 529
1922Desmatosuchus spurensis Case p. 26 figs. 7-20; Pl. 5-10
1930Desmatosuchus spurensis Hay p. 140
2008Desmatosuchus spurensis Parker
2013Desmatosuchus spurensis Desojo et al.
2016Desmatosuchus spurensis Parker

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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
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Aetosauria(Lydekker 1889)
—Stagonolepididae(Lydekker 1887)
suborderDesmatosuchia
subfamilyDesmatosuchinae
—Desmatosuchini
genusDesmatosuchus
speciesspurensis

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: herbivoreg
Created: 2009-01-03 21:10:54
Modified: 2009-01-03 23:10:54
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Norian or 227.30000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 205.7USA (Texas) Desmatosuchus spurensis (type locality: 71977)
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (Arizona) Desmatosuchus haplocerus (39160) Desmatosuchus spurensis (94497 223390)
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (New Mexico) Desmatosuchus sp. (93611)