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Uruguaysuchus aznarezi

Reptilia - Uruguaysuchidae

Taxonomy
Uruguaysuchus aznarezi was named by Rusconi (1933). Its type specimen is CA (unnumbered), a partial skeleton (A complete skull, mandible, right forelimb, 18 vertebrae, both ilia and partial right hindlimb, as well as a few associated osteoderms), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Guichón (water well), which is in a Cenomanian/Santonian fluvial sandstone in the Guichón Formation of Uruguay. It is the type species of Uruguaysuchus.

Synonyms
  • Uruguaysuchus terrai was named by Rusconi (1933). Its type specimen is CA (unnumbered), a skull (Complete mandible and skull in articulation), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Guichón (water well), which is in a Cenomanian/Santonian fluvial sandstone in the Guichón Formation of Uruguay.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Uruguaysuchus aznarezi by Soto et al. (2011).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Uruguaysuchus aznarezi Rusconi p. 12
1933Uruguaysuchus terrai Rusconi p. 43
1942Uruguaysuchus aznarezi Lambert p. 575
2006Uruguaysuchus aznarezi Nobre and Carvalho
2006Uruguaysuchus terrai Nobre and Carvalho
2010Uruguaysuchus aznarezi Nascimento and Zaher
2010Uruguaysuchus aznarezi Turner and Sertich
2011Uruguaysuchus aznarezi Soto et al.
2012Uruguaysuchus aznarezi Bronzati et al.
2012Uruguaysuchus terrai Bronzati et al.
2014Uruguaysuchus aznarezi Sertich and O'Connor

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Romeriida
—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
infraorderNotosuchiaGasparini 1971
—Eunotosuchia
familyUruguaysuchidaeGasparini 1971
genusUruguaysuchus
speciesaznarezi

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.

†Uruguaysuchus aznarezi Rusconi 1933
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Invalid names: Uruguaysuchus terrai Rusconi 1933 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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, Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Santonian or 100.50000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian - Santonian100.5 - 83.6Uruguay (Paysandú) Uruguaysuchus aznarezi, Uruguaysuchus terrai (type locality: 65322)