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Mahajangasuchus (Mahajanga crocodile)
Taxonomy
Mahajangasuchus was named by Buckley and Brochu (1999). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Mahajangasuchini by Carvalho et al. (2004); to Mesoeucrocodylia by Buckley and Brochu (1999), Turner (2006); to Neosuchia by Larsson and Sues (2007); to Crocodyliformes by Bronzati et al. (2012); to Peirosauridae by Pol et al. (2012); to Mahajangasuchidae by Sereno and Larsson (2009), Turner and Sertich (2010), Sertich and O'Connor (2014); and to Notosuchia by Fiorelli and Calvo (2008), Pol et al. (2014).
It was assigned to Mahajangasuchini by Carvalho et al. (2004); to Mesoeucrocodylia by Buckley and Brochu (1999), Turner (2006); to Neosuchia by Larsson and Sues (2007); to Crocodyliformes by Bronzati et al. (2012); to Peirosauridae by Pol et al. (2012); to Mahajangasuchidae by Sereno and Larsson (2009), Turner and Sertich (2010), Sertich and O'Connor (2014); and to Notosuchia by Fiorelli and Calvo (2008), Pol et al. (2014).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1999 | Mahajangasuchus Buckley and Brochu p. 151 |
| 2004 | Mahajangasuchus Carvalho et al. p. 988 fig. 7 |
| 2006 | Mahajangasuchus Turner |
| 2007 | Mahajangasuchus Larsson and Sues |
| 2008 | Mahajangasuchus Fiorelli and Calvo |
| 2009 | Mahajangasuchus Sereno and Larsson p. 63 |
| 2010 | Mahajangasuchus Turner and Sertich |
| 2012 | Mahajangasuchus Bronzati et al. |
| 2012 | Mahajangasuchus Pol et al. |
| 2014 | Mahajangasuchus Pol et al. |
| 2014 | Mahajangasuchus Sertich and O'Connor |
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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. †Mahajangasuchus Buckley and Brochu 1999 [Mahajanga crocodile]
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†Mahajangasuchus insignis Buckley and Brochu 1999
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Maastrichtian | Madagascar (Mahajanga) | Mahajangasuchus insignis (39266 55269 83731 83732 83733) |