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Rugosuchus nonganensis

Reptilia - Paralligatoridae

Taxonomy
Rugosuchus nonganensis was named by Wu et al. (2001). Its type specimen is IGV 33, a skull (majority of skull with mandible in tight occlusion), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fulongquan Township, which is in a Campanian lacustrine mudstone in the Nenjiang Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Rugosuchus nonganensis Wu et al.
2012Rugosuchus nonganensis Bronzati et al.
2014Rugosuchus nonganensis 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
—NeosuchiaClark 1988
suborderEusuchiaHuxley 1875
familyParalligatoridaeKonjukova 1954
genusRugosuchus
speciesnonganensis

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.

†Rugosuchus nonganensis Wu et al. 2001
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
X.-C. Wu et al. 2001A medium-sized crocodyliform differing from other neosuchians in having the following apomorphies: a series of nine or ten fossae on the dorsal surface of each maxilla; dorsal surfaces of both frontal and parietal deeply concave and concavities on these bones continuous; median ridge of frontal not continuing towards posterior end of bone; median ridge of parietal not extending to anterior end of bone; 16 or 17 maxillary teeth with broad spaces between them.
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, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Early/Lower Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6China (Jilin) Rugosuchus nonganensis (type locality: 116154)