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Orthosuchus stormbergi

Osteichthyes - Notochampsidae

Taxonomy
Orthosuchus stormbergi was named by Nash (1968). Its type specimen is SAM-PK-K409, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Orange River Valley, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian terrestrial horizon in the Elliot Formation of Lesotho.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Orthosuchus stormbergi Nash
1970Orthosuchus stormbergi Ellenberger p. 347
2011Orthosuchus stormbergi Nesbitt p. 42
2012Orthosuchus stormbergi Bronzati et al.
2014Orthosuchus stormbergi Sertich and O'Connor

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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
—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
—Protosuchia(Mook 1934)
familyNotochampsidae
genusOrthosuchus
speciesstormbergi

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Sinemurian or 201.40000 to 192.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9South Africa (Free State) Orthosuchus stormbergi (194004 194005)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9Lesotho (Qacha's Nek) Orthosuchus stormbergi (type locality: 98603)