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Hesperogavialis cruxenti

Reptilia - Gavialidae

Taxonomy
Hesperogavialis cruxenti was named by Bocquentin Villanueva and Buffetaut (1981). Its type specimen is MHC 320, a maxilla, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is El Mamón, 70 km east of Coro, which is in a Miocene terrestrial mudstone in the Urumaco Formation of Venezuela.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Hesperogavialis cruxenti Baez and Gasparini
1981Hesperogavialis cruxenti Bocquentin Villanueva and Buffetaut
1998Hesperogavialis cruxenti Kraus p. 389
2010Hesperogavialis cruxenti Riff et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
—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
—Crocodylia(Owen 1842)
superfamilyGavialoideaBrochu 1997
familyGavialidaeAdams 1854
genusHesperogavialis
speciescruxenti

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.

†Hesperogavialis cruxenti Bocquentin Villanueva and Buffetaut 1981
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoreuc
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:59
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:59
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Miocene or 11.60800 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) Hesperogavialis cruxenti (type locality: 143518 147463 147464)