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Acherontisuchus guajiraensis

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Acherontisuchus guajiraensis was named by Hastings et al. (2011). Its type specimen is UF ⁄ IGM 34, a partial skeleton (mostly complete mandible, four maxillary fragments, and two partial ribs), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is La Puente Pit, claystone layer underlying Coal Seam 85 (Cerrejón Coal Mine), which is in a Paleocene/Paleocene terrestrial claystone/coal in the Cerrejón Formation of Colombia. It is the type species of Acherontisuchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Acherontisuchus guajiraensis Hastings et al. p. 1097\

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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()
genusAcherontisuchus
speciesguajiraensis

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.

†Acherontisuchus guajiraensis Hastings et al. 2011
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousg
Diet: piscivoreg
Created: 2011-09-16 13:43:15
Modified: 2011-09-15 22:43:15
Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004, Hastings et al. 2011

Age range: base of the Middle Paleocene to the top of the Late/Upper Paleocene or 61.66000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene61.66 - 56.0Colombia Acherontisuchus guajiraensis (117175)
Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene61.66 - 56.0Colombia (Guajira) Acherontisuchus guajiraensis (106271 132012 type locality: 132013)