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Protosuchus micmac

Osteichthyes - Protosuchidae

Taxonomy
Protosuchus micmac was named by Sues et al. (1996). Its type specimen is NSM 988GF7.1, a mandible (Right dentary), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wasson Bluff, site E, which is in a Hettangian alluvial fan sandstone/mudstone in the McCoy Brook Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Protosuchus micmac Sues et al. p. 35

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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
familyProtosuchidae
genusProtosuchus
speciesmicmac

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.

†Protosuchus micmac Sues et al. 1996
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983

Age range: Early/Lower Hettangian or 201.40000 to 199.50000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Canada (Nova Scotia) Protosuchidae indet. (type locality: 74206 74208 74209) Protosuchus sp. (74207 74211 74214)