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Allodaposuchus precedens

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Allodaposuchus precedens was named by Nopcsa (1928). Its type specimen is MAFI Ob 3131, a skull, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Site II, Pareu Niagului, Valióra, which is in a Maastrichtian lacustrine claystone/marl in the Densuş-Ciula Formation of Romania. It is the type species of Allodaposuchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Allodaposuchus precedens Nopcsa
2008Allodaposuchus precedens Delfino et al. p. 112
2010Allodaposuchus precedens Martin
2011Allodaposuchus precedens Puértolas et al.
2012Allodaposuchus precedens Bronzati et al.
2015Allodaposuchus precedens Narváez et al.
2016Allodaposuchus precedens Martin et al.
2021Allodaposuchus precedens Blanco

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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
—NeosuchiaClark 1988
suborderEusuchiaHuxley 1875
—Allodaposuchidae
genusAllodaposuchusNopcsa 1928
speciesprecedensNopcsa 1928

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.

†Allodaposuchus precedens Nopcsa 1928
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. E. Martin 2010Allodaposuchus is characterized by the following combination of characters: brevirostrine skull, external naris large and rostrodorsally oriented, ectopterygoid bordering the posterior toothrow, laterally open canalis quadratosquamosoexoccipitalis, participation of the nasals in the posterior portion of the external naris.
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: Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Allodaposuchus sp. (48870)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Romania (Hunedoara) Allodaposuchus precedens (13334 67809 67817 67818 67819 type locality: 163322) Allodaposuchus sp. (193946)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Romania (Alba) Allodaposuchus precedens (80859) Allodaposuchus sp. (80858)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Romania (Hunedoara) Allodaposuchus precedens (219186)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) Alligatoridae indet. (36381)