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Lomasuchus palpebrosus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Lomasuchus palpebrosus was named by Gasparini et al. (1991). Its type specimen is MOZ 4084 PV, a skull (skull and fragment of the left mandibular ramus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Embalse Cerros Colorados, which is in a Turonian/Coniacian terrestrial sandstone in the Portezuelo Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Lomasuchus palpebrosus Gasparini et al. p. 318
2008Lomasuchus palpebrosus Martinelli and Pais
2010Lomasuchus palpebrosus Nascimento and Zaher
2010Lomasuchus palpebrosus Turner and Sertich
2012Lomasuchus palpebrosus Bronzati et al.
2014Lomasuchus palpebrosus Sertich and O'Connor

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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
infraorderNotosuchiaGasparini 1971
—ZiphosuchiaOrtega et al. 2000
—Sebecia
—Peirosauridae(Gasparini 1982)
genusLomasuchus
speciespalpebrosus

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.

†Lomasuchus palpebrosus Gasparini et al. 1991
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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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Turonian to the top of the Early/Lower Coniacian or 93.90000 to 85.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Turonian - Early/Lower Coniacian93.9 - 85.7Argentina (Neuquén) Crocodylia indet. (49415)
Late/Upper Turonian - Early/Lower Coniacian93.9 - 85.7Argentina (Neuquen) Lomasuchus palpebrosus (type locality: 36947)