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Siquisiquesuchus venezuelensis

Reptilia - Gavialidae

Taxonomy
Siquisiquesuchus venezuelensis was named by Brochu and Rincón (2004). Its type specimen is MBLUZ-P-5050, a skull (Nearly complete skull and lower jaws), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Siquisique, which is in a Burdigalian shallow subtidal marl in the Castillo Formation of Venezuela.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Siquisiquesuchus venezuelensis Brochu and Rincón
2010Siquisiquesuchus venezuelensis Riff et al.
2011Siquisiquesuchus venezuelensis Puértolas 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
RankNameAuthor
—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
—NeosuchiaClark 1988
suborderEusuchiaHuxley 1875
—Crocodylia(Owen 1842)
superfamilyGavialoideaBrochu 1997
familyGavialidaeAdams 1854
genusSiquisiquesuchus
speciesvenezuelensis

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.

†Siquisiquesuchus venezuelensis Brochu and Rincón 2004
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Burdigalian or 20.44000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcon) Tomistominae indet. (43063)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Lara) Siquisiquesuchus venezuelensis (type locality: 143603)