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Laganosuchus thaumastos

Reptilia - Stomatosuchidae

Taxonomy
Laganosuchus thaumastos was named by Sereno and Larsson (2009). Its type specimen is MNN IGU13, a mandible (nearly complete lower jaws), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Iguidi, which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial horizon in the Echkar Formation of Niger.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Laganosuchus thaumastos Sereno and Larsson p. 78
2012Laganosuchus thaumastos Bronzati et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
—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
familyStomatosuchidaeStromer 1925
genusLaganosuchus
speciesthaumastos

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.

†Laganosuchus thaumastos Sereno and Larsson 2009
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988

Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Niger (Agadez) Crocodyliformes indet. (type locality: 58577)