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Ocepesuchus eoafricanus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Ocepesuchus eoafricanus was named by Jouve et al. (2008). Its type specimen is OCP DEK-GE 45, a partial skull (Crushed skull, lacking the ventral part and the premaxillae), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Oulad Abdoun Basin, which is in a Maastrichtian marine /limestone in Morocco. It is the type species of Ocepesuchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Ocepesuchus eoafricanus Jouve 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
genusOcepesuchus
specieseoafricanus

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.

†Ocepesuchus eoafricanus Jouve et al. 2008
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. Jouve et al. 2008Prefrontal strongly extended anteriorly, exceeding strongly the anterior extremity of the frontal; interorbital distance very short, only slightly wider than the interfenestral bar; parietal in the interfenestral bar strongly depressed, a strong rim bordering the medial margin of the supratemporal fenestra; posterolateral process of squamosal posterolateraly oriented; posterolateral margin of the squamosal bearing a smooth dorsolateral depression, so a strong squamosal rim borders the lateral margin of the supratemporal fenestra.
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, Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Morocco Ocepesuchus eoafricanus (type locality: 114103)