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Araripesuchus patagonicus

Reptilia - Uruguaysuchidae

Taxonomy
Araripesuchus patagonicus was named by Ortega et al. (2000). Its type specimen is MUCPV 269, a partial skeleton (Anterior half of an articulated individual with skull and mandibles lacking the most anterior portion of the rostrum. The specimen exposes the precaudal dorsal ), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Villa El Chocón, 5 km southwest, which is in a Cenomanian floodplain sandstone in the Candeleros Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Araripesuchus patagonicus Ortega et al.
2006Araripesuchus patagonicus Turner
2009Araripesuchus patagonicus Sereno and Larsson p. 31
2010Araripesuchus patagonicus Nascimento and Zaher
2010Araripesuchus patagonicus Turner and Sertich
2011Araripesuchus patagonicus Nascimento and Zaher
2012Araripesuchus patagonicus Bronzati et al.
2014Araripesuchus patagonicus Pol et al.
2014Araripesuchus patagonicus Sertich and O'Connor

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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()
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
—Eunotosuchia
familyUruguaysuchidaeGasparini 1971
genusAraripesuchus
speciespatagonicus

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.

†Araripesuchus patagonicus Ortega et al. 2000
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
F. Ortega et al. 2000Short prefronto-nasal suture. Lachrymal with expanded dorsal surface, wider than that of A. gomesii and with a long contact with the nasal. Postorbital bar flush with the lateral surface of jugal, at least at its anterior border. Transverse width of the parietal is one third of the posterior skull table width, unlike A gomesii in which the parietal width is larger than the squamosal.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:39:01
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:39:01
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988

Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Argentina (Neuquén) Araripesuchus patagonicus (type locality: 114528)