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Simosuchus (pug-nosed crocodile)
Taxonomy
Simosuchus was named by Buckley et al. (2000).
It was assigned to Notosuchidae by Buckley et al. (2000); to Mesoeucrocodylia by Martinelli (2003) and Pol and Norell (2004); to Chimaerasuchidae by Carvalho et al. (2004); to Uruguaysuchidae by Andrade and Bertini (2008); to Notosuchia by Sereno et al. (2003), Turner (2006), Zaher et al. (2006), Fiorelli and Calvo (2008), Turner and Sertich (2010), Georgi and Krause (2010), Krause et al. (2010), Martin et al. (2010), Nascimento and Zaher (2011), Iori and Carvalho (2011) and Bronzati et al. (2012); to Ziphosuchia by Soto et al. (2011), Pol et al. (2012), Sertich and O'Connor (2014) and Pol et al. (2014); and to Eunotosuchia by Ruiz et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Notosuchidae by Buckley et al. (2000); to Mesoeucrocodylia by Martinelli (2003) and Pol and Norell (2004); to Chimaerasuchidae by Carvalho et al. (2004); to Uruguaysuchidae by Andrade and Bertini (2008); to Notosuchia by Sereno et al. (2003), Turner (2006), Zaher et al. (2006), Fiorelli and Calvo (2008), Turner and Sertich (2010), Georgi and Krause (2010), Krause et al. (2010), Martin et al. (2010), Nascimento and Zaher (2011), Iori and Carvalho (2011) and Bronzati et al. (2012); to Ziphosuchia by Soto et al. (2011), Pol et al. (2012), Sertich and O'Connor (2014) and Pol et al. (2014); and to Eunotosuchia by Ruiz et al. (2021).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2000 | Simosuchus Buckley et al. p. 941 |
| 2003 | Simosuchus Martinelli |
| 2003 | Simosuchus Sereno et al. |
| 2004 | Simosuchus Carvalho et al. p. 988 fig. 7 |
| 2004 | Simosuchus Pol and Norell |
| 2006 | Simosuchus Turner |
| 2006 | Simosuchus Zaher et al. |
| 2008 | Simosuchus Andrade and Bertini |
| 2008 | Simosuchus Fiorelli and Calvo |
| 2010 | Simosuchus Georgi and Krause |
| 2010 | Simosuchus Krause et al. |
| 2010 | Simosuchus Martin et al. |
| 2010 | Simosuchus Turner and Sertich |
| 2011 | Simosuchus Iori and Carvalho |
| 2011 | Simosuchus Nascimento and Zaher |
| 2011 | Simosuchus Soto et al. |
| 2012 | Simosuchus Bronzati et al. |
| 2012 | Simosuchus Pol et al. |
| 2014 | Simosuchus Pol et al. |
| 2014 | Simosuchus Sertich and O'Connor |
| 2021 | Simosuchus Ruiz et al. |
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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. †Simosuchus Buckley et al. 2000 [pug-nosed crocodile]
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†Simosuchus clarki Buckley et al. 2000
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Buckley et al. 2000, Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (21 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Maastrichtian | Madagascar (Mahajanga) | Simosuchus clarki (25074 32366 39265 39266 55269 55270 77393 85063 96692 118200 118201 118202 118203 118204 118205 118206 118209 118210 118211 144728) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | India (Tamil Nadu) | Simosuchus sp. (153666) |