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Tropidosuchus romeri

Osteichthyes - Proterochampsidae

Taxonomy
Tropidosuchus romeri was named by Arcucci (1990). Its type specimen is PVL 4601, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rio Chañares, which is in a Ladinian fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Chañares Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Tropidosuchus romeri Arcucci p. 366
2011Tropidosuchus romeri Nesbitt p. 18
2013Tropidosuchus romeri Trotteyn et al.
2016Tropidosuchus romeri Ezcurra

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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
RankNameAuthor
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
ProterochampsiaKischlat 2000
familyProterochampsidae
genusTropidosuchus
speciesromeri

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.

Tropidosuchus romeri Arcucci 1990
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Longobardian to the top of the Ladinian or 239.48000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Argentina (La Rioja) Tropidosuchus romeri (60293 type locality: 105535)
Longobardian - Judithian239.48 - 72.2Argentina (La Rioja) Tropidosuchus romeri (26092)