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Mahajangasuchus insignis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Mahajangasuchus insignis was named by Buckley and Brochu (1999). Its type specimen is University of Antananarivo 8654, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is MAD93-35 (SUNY), which is in a Maastrichtian channel sandstone in the Maevarano Formation of Madagascar.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Mahajangasuchus insignis Buckley and Brochu pp. 151-152 figs. 2-3, Pl. 1-5
2009Mahajangasuchus insignis Sereno and Larsson p. 63
2010Mahajangasuchus insignis Nascimento and Zaher
2010Mahajangasuchus insignis Turner and Sertich
2012Mahajangasuchus insignis Bronzati et al.
2014Mahajangasuchus insignis 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
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
—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
—ZiphosuchiaOrtega et al. 2000
—Sebecia
—Mahajangasuchidae()
genusMahajangasuchus
speciesinsignis

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.

†Mahajangasuchus insignis Buckley and Brochu 1999
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:39:01
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:39:01
Source: subo = suborder, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Madagascar (Mahajanga) Mahajangasuchus insignis (type locality: 39266 55269 83731 83732 83733)