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Stangerochampsa mccabei

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Stangerochampsa mccabei was named by Wu et al. (1996). Its type specimen is RTMP.86.61.1, a partial skeleton (Almost complete skull with mandibles (lacking articulars and coronoids), partial postcranium and osteoderms), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quarry L1524 (RTMP), which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Stangerochampsa mccabei Wu et al.
2011Stangerochampsa mccabei Puértolas et al.
2014Stangerochampsa mccabei Farke et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
—Solidocrania
suborderCrocodyliformes
—MesoeucrocodyliaWhetstone and Whybrow 1983
—NeosuchiaClark 1988
suborderEusuchiaHuxley 1875
—Crocodylia(Owen 1842)
—Alligatoroidea(Gray 1844)
—Globidonta
—Alligatoridae(Gray 1844)
—Caimaninae
—Brachychampsini
genusStangerochampsa
speciesmccabei

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.

†Stangerochampsa mccabei Wu et al. 1996
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoreuc
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:59
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:59
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Stangerochampsa mccabei (type locality: 114017)