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Simosuchus clarki

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Simosuchus clarki was named by Buckley et al. (2000). Its type specimen is University of Antananarivo 8679, a partial skeleton (complete skull and anterior portion of postcranial skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is MAD98-17 (SUNY), which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Maevarano Formation of Madagascar.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Simosuchus clarki Buckley et al. p. 941 fig. 1
2006Simosuchus clarki Nobre and Carvalho
2010Simosuchus clarki Georgi and Krause
2010Simosuchus clarki Turner and Sertich
2012Simosuchus clarki Bronzati et al.
2014Simosuchus clarki Sertich and O'Connor

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
—Solidocrania
suborderCrocodyliformes
—MesoeucrocodyliaWhetstone and Whybrow 1983
infraorderNotosuchiaGasparini 1971
—Eunotosuchia
genusSimosuchus
speciesclarki

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.

†Simosuchus clarki Buckley et al. 2000
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Diet: herbivoreg
Created: 2009-11-23 19:04:23
Modified: 2009-11-23 21:04:23
Source: g = genus, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Buckley et al. 2000, Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Madagascar (Mahajanga) Simosuchus clarki (25074 32366 39265 39266 55269 55270 type locality: 77393 85063 96692 118200 118201 118202 118203 118204 118205 118206 118209 118210 118211 144728)