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Dolichochampsa minima

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Dolichochampsa minima was named by Gasparini and Buffetaut (1980). Its type specimen is MLP 73-II-28-16, a mandible (Left dentary), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quebrada La Escalera, Rio Tonco, which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone in the Yacoraite Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Dolichochampsa.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Dolichochampsa minima Gasparini and Buffetaut

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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
genusDolichochampsa
speciesminima

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.

†Dolichochampsa minima Gasparini and Buffetaut 1980
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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, Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009

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

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Bolivia (Potosí) Dolichochampsa minima (114971)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Bolivia (Cochabamba) Dolichochampsa minima (214890)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Salta) Crocodilia indet. (114767) Dolichochampsa minima (type locality: 114766)