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Protosuchus
Taxonomy
Protosuchus was named by Brown (1934). It was considered monophyletic by Nesbitt (2011).
It was assigned to Stegomosuchidae by Walker (1970); to Protosuchia by Charig (1967), Wu et al. (1997), Ortega et al. (2000), Fiorelli and Calvo (2008); to Crocodyliformes by Pol and Norell (2004), Zaher et al. (2006), Andrade et al. (2011), Nesbitt (2011); to Crocodyliformes by Nascimento and Zaher (2011); to Protosuchia by Bronzati et al. (2012); and to Protosuchidae by Brown (1934), Carroll (1988), Wu et al. (1994), Sues et al. (1996), Pol et al. (2004), Buscalioni (2017), Martínez et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Stegomosuchidae by Walker (1970); to Protosuchia by Charig (1967), Wu et al. (1997), Ortega et al. (2000), Fiorelli and Calvo (2008); to Crocodyliformes by Pol and Norell (2004), Zaher et al. (2006), Andrade et al. (2011), Nesbitt (2011); to Crocodyliformes by Nascimento and Zaher (2011); to Protosuchia by Bronzati et al. (2012); and to Protosuchidae by Brown (1934), Carroll (1988), Wu et al. (1994), Sues et al. (1996), Pol et al. (2004), Buscalioni (2017), Martínez et al. (2018).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1933 | Archaeosuchus Brown p. 1 |
| 1934 | Protosuchus Brown p. 80 |
| 1967 | Protosuchus Charig p. 710 |
| 1970 | Protosuchus Walker p. 369 |
| 1983 | Lesothosuchus Whetstone and Whybrow p. 5 figs. 1-7 |
| 1988 | Lesothosuchus Carroll |
| 1988 | Protosuchus Carroll |
| 1994 | Protosuchus Wu et al. |
| 1996 | Protosuchus Sues et al. |
| 1997 | Protosuchus Wu et al. |
| 2000 | Protosuchus Ortega et al. |
| 2004 | Protosuchus Pol et al. |
| 2004 | Protosuchus Pol and Norell |
| 2006 | Protosuchus Zaher et al. |
| 2008 | Protosuchus Fiorelli and Calvo |
| 2011 | Protosuchus Andrade et al. |
| 2011 | Protosuchus Nascimento and Zaher |
| 2011 | Protosuchus Nesbitt fig. 51 |
| 2012 | Protosuchus Bronzati et al. |
| 2017 | Protosuchus Buscalioni |
| 2018 | Protosuchus Martínez et al. |
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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.
G. †Protosuchus Brown 1934
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†Protosuchus haughtoni Busbey III and Gow 1984
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Invalid names: Lesothosuchus charigi Whetstone and Whybrow 1983 [synonym]
†Protosuchus micmac Sues et al. 1996
†Protosuchus richardsoni Brown 1933
Invalid names: Archaeosuchus Brown 1933 [replaced], Lesothosuchus Whetstone and Whybrow 1983 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Hettangian or 201.40000 to 199.50000 Ma
Collections (16 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Rhaetian - Hettangian | USA (Arizona) | Archaeosuchus richardsoni (137231) P. richardsoni (137291 137295) P. sp. (46392) | |
| Early/Lower Hettangian | Canada (Nova Scotia) | Protosuchidae indet. (74206 74208 74209) P. sp. (74207 74211 74214) | |
| Late/Upper Hettangian | Poland (Swietokrzyskie) | P. sp. (28334) | |
| Hettangian - Sinemurian | South Africa (Free State) | Baroqueosuchus haughtoni (59363 98599) P. haughtoni (190130 194006) | |
| Hettangian - Sinemurian | Lesotho (Mohale's Hoek) | Lesothosuchus charigi (13359) |