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Sphagesaurus huenei

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Sphagesaurus huenei was named by Price (1950). Its type specimen is DGM 332-R, a tooth (isolated maxillary tooth), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Guajussara, railway cut of the Estrada de Ferro Sorocabana, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Adamantina Formation of Brazil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1950Sphagesaurus huenei Price
2003Sphagesaurus huenei Pol p. 817
2006Sphagesaurus huenei Nobre and Carvalho
2008Sphagesaurus huenei Andrade and Bertini
2010Sphagesaurus huenei Turner and Sertich
2011Sphagesaurus huenei Carvalho et al.
2012Sphagesaurus huenei Bronzati et al.
2014Sphagesaurus huenei Pol et al.
2014Sphagesaurus huenei Sertich and O'Connor

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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
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
—Solidocrania
suborderCrocodyliformes
—MesoeucrocodyliaWhetstone and Whybrow 1983
infraorderNotosuchiaGasparini 1971
—Eunotosuchia
—Xenodontosuchia
—Sphagesauria
—Sphagesauridae(Kuhn 1968)
—Sphagesaurinae(Kuhn 1968)
genusSphagesaurus
specieshuenei

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.

†Sphagesaurus huenei Price 1950
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. B. d. Andrade and R. J. Bertini 2008Antorbital fenestra absent; premaxilla–maxilla suture extending far posteriorly from the hypertrophied caniniform, on the lateral surface of the skull; maxillae forming a posterior wall above the anterior margin of the suborbital fenestra, contacting prefrontal and lachrymal; jugal anterior ramus robust, enlarging progressively towards its contact with the maxilla; palate surface plain; maxillae palatine rami straight and level to each other, not inclined; naso-oral fenestra in premaxilla–maxilla suture; quadrate light, with a trirradiate cross-section; quadrate medial ventral crest thin; quadrate crests reaching from the outer tip of each quadrate, contacting over basisphenoid; pterygoid–basisphenoid surface concave in contact; maxillary dental series forming a straight line in ventral view; two premaxillary and six maxillary teeth; five mandibulary teeth on the symphysis, pairs 1–3 caniniform, at least pairs 4–5 molariform; surface of molariform teeth presenting a thick coarsely pebbled enamel coat.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:39:01
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:39:01
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Brazil (São Paulo) Sphagesaurus huenei (112003 type locality: 114969 114970)