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Pietraroiasuchus ormezzanoi

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Pietraroiasuchus ormezzanoi was named by Buscalioni et al. (2011). Its type specimen is PC-1, a partial skeleton (An almost complete articulated skeleton exposed in ventral view), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Civita di Pietraroja (upper plattenkalk), which is in an Albian basinal (carbonate) mudstone/wackestone in Italy. It is the type species of Pietraroiasuchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Pietraroiasuchus ormezzanoi Buscalioni et al. p. S203

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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()
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
—Hylaeochampsidae(Williston 1925)
genusPietraroiasuchus
speciesormezzanoi

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.

†Pietraroiasuchus ormezzanoi Buscalioni et al. 2011
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. D. Buscalioni et al. 2011Anterior shape of the dentary terminating roundly; sigmoid dentary tooth row series, with the 10th to 17th teeth inwardly directed; hypotrophy of first mandibular teeth; dentary bearing 17 alveoli; development of platform at the dentary and splenial contact; two glenoid areas in the retroarticular process (character unknown in P. trinquei); surangular anterodorsal with a dorsal process and medially curved.
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: Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: Early/Lower Albian or 113.20000 to 110.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Italy (Campania) Mesoeucrocodylia indet. (type locality: 112631)