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Wargosuchus australis

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Wargosuchus australis was named by Martinelli and Pais (2008). Its type specimen is MOZ-PV 6134, a partial skull (fragment of right premaxilla and maxilla, and portion of skull roof), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Northern region of Neuquén City locality, which is in a Santonian terrestrial horizon in the Bajo de la Carpa Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Wargosuchus australis Martinelli and Pais
2010Wargosuchus australis Nascimento and Zaher
2011Wargosuchus australis Carvalho et al.
2011Wargosuchus australis Montefeltro et al.
2014Wargosuchus australis Godoy et al.

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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
—Baurusuchia(Walker 1968)
—Baurusuchidae()
—Pissarrachampsinae()
genusWargosuchus
speciesaustralis

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.

†Wargosuchus australis Martinelli and Pais 2008
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. G. Martinelli and D. F. Pais 2008Wargosuchus differs from other crocodyliforms in the association of the following features: deep median groove on the frontals (autapomorphy); extremely reduced contact between nasals and frontals with almost prefrontals touching one to each other at midline (autapomorphy); large depression for the olfactory bulbs; three large foramina surrounding the large, smooth perinarial depression; hypertrophied, conical, last premaxillary tooth followed by a large paracanine depression.
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: Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Santonian or 85.70000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Argentina (Neuquén) Wargosuchus australis (type locality: 112698)