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Saurosuchus galilei

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Saurosuchus galilei was named by Reig (1959). Its type specimen is PVL 2062, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hoyada de Ischiqualasto, upper third, which is in a Carnian/Norian terrestrial horizon in the Ischigualasto Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Saurosuchus galilei Reig
1967Saurosuchus galilei Charig p. 709
1993Saurosuchus galilei Parrish p. 297
2011Saurosuchus galilei Nesbitt p. 33
2011Saurosuchus galilei Trotteyn et al. p. 14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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)
genusSaurosuchus
speciesgalilei

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.

†Saurosuchus galilei Reig 1959
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. J. Trotteyn et al. 2011Archosaur differing from other crurotarsi by the following combination of characters: roof of skull and maxilla ornamented; postfrontal reduced in dorsal view; frontal with a thin rim dorsally limiting orbit; lateral process at poste-rolateral end of frontal; ventral process of lacrimal high pillar-shaped, and contacting laterally with jugal; supraoccipital with a longitudinal crest dorsally located and laterosfenoid with a robust protuberance laterally expanded. it also differs from other “rauisichids” (except Fasolasuchs), by the presence of accessory articulation structures (hyposphene and hypanthrum) in the posterior cervical vertebrae.
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: Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Tuvalian or 233.60000 to 227.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 205.7Argentina (San Juan) Saurosuchus galilei (type locality: 92315)
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3Argentina (San Juan) Saurosuchus galilei (24877)