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Necrosuchus ionensis
Taxonomy
Necrosuchus ionensis was named by Simpson (1937). Its type specimen is AMNH 3219, a partial skeleton (Right dentary with associated cranial fragments and partial postcranial skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Estancia Las Violetas - L2, which is in a Danian terrestrial sandstone in the Salamanca Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Necrosuchus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1937 | Necrosuchus ionensis Simpson |
| 2011 | Necrosuchus ionensis Brochu |
| 2020 | Necrosuchus ionensis Cidade et al. |
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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.
†Necrosuchus ionensis Simpson 1937
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| C. A. Brochu 2011 | Alligatorid crocodylian with long, slender descending processes of the exoccipitals extending ventrally nearly to the basioccipital tubera (shared with caimanines); slender dentary with at least 18 alveoli; first four dentary alveoli widely spaced; dentary symphysis extends back to a level just behind the fourth dentary alveolus (shared with crown caimanines); splenial bears slender anterior process extending almost to dentary symphysis. |
Measurements
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||