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Atlantosuchus coupatezi

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Atlantosuchus coupatezi was named by Buffetaut and Wouters (1979). Its type specimen is Wouters collection, housed in the IRSNB, Brussels, a mandible (mandibular symphysis), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Atlantosuchus coupatezi type locality, which is in a Danian marine phosphorite in Morocco.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Atlantosuchus coupatezi Buffetaut and Wouters
2008Atlantosuchus coupatezi Jouve et al.
2012Atlantosuchus coupatezi Bronzati 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
—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
—NeosuchiaClark 1988
—Coelognathosuchia()
—Tethysuchia()
—Dyrosauroidea
—Dyrosauridae()
—Hyposaurinae()
genusAtlantosuchus
speciescoupatezi

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.

†Atlantosuchus coupatezi Buffetaut and Wouters 1979
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. Jouve et al. 2008Extremely elongate snout, representing about 79 per cent of total skull length; lateral margin of premaxilla straight (not laterally curved), and not differentiated from lateral margin of maxilla; small premaxillary-nasal contact: nasals do not penetrate between posterodorsal premaxillary processes; lateral margin of external nares high and narrow; nasals unfused, making a strong dorsal boss anterior to the orbits; lacrimal wellextended anteriorly, making a long contact with the nasal; retroarticular process extremely long, and the angular does not reach posterior tip of retroarticular process.
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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988

Age range: Danian or 66.00000 to 61.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6Morocco Atlantosuchus coupatezi (type locality: 114107 210053)