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Prestosuchus chiniquensis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Prestosuchus chiniquensis was named by Huene (1942). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Sanga am Weg, Fundgruppe 34, which is in a Ladinian terrestrial horizon in the Santa Maria Formation of Brazil.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Prestosuchus chiniquensis Huene p. 146 figs. 28-38; Pl. 18-22
1942Prestosuchus loricatus Huene p. 185 figs. Pl. 23
1993Prestosuchus chiniquensis Parrish p. 296
2011Prestosuchus chiniquensis Nesbitt p. 32
2018Prestosuchus chiniquensis Roberto-Da-Silva et al. p. 3 figs. 1-9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
RankNameAuthor
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
genusPrestosuchus
specieschiniquensis

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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Invalid names: Prestosuchus loricatus Huene 1942 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. Roberto-Da-Silva et al. 2018Three autapomorphies are described for Prestosuchus chiniquensis: (i) an anterior notch between the scapula and coracoid (Desojo and Rauhut 2008); (ii) a longitudinal ridge on the dorsal surface of the ilium (Desojo and Rauhut 2008); and (iii) presence of a sharp ridge leading from the glenoid to anteroventral corner of the coracoid (Nesbitt 2011).
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:45
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Ladinian to the top of the Carnian or 242.00000 to 228.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Triassic - Late/Upper Triassic247.2 - 201.4Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Prestosuchus chiniquensis (188977)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Prestosuchus chiniquensis (99412 99413 99414 type locality: 105826 105827) Prestosuchus loricatus (72141)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Prestosuchus chiniquensis (234531)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4Brazil (Rio Grande Do Sul) Prestosuchus chiniquensis (189345)