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Aegisuchus witmeri

Reptilia - Aegyptosuchidae

Taxonomy
Aegisuchus witmeri was named by Holliday and Gardner (2012). Its type specimen is ROM 54530, a partial skull (Partial braincase with skull roof, temporal, and occipital regions), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Aegisuchus witmeri type (PROXY), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial horizon in Morocco. It is the type species of Aegisuchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Aegisuchus witmeri Holliday and Gardner p. 2 fig. 2–4

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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
familyAegyptosuchidaeKuhn 1936
genusAegisuchus
specieswitmeri

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.

†Aegisuchus witmeri Holliday and Gardner 2012
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. M. Holliday and N. M. Gardner 2012Raised, rugose boss with surrounding smooth fossa on dorsal surface of parietal; large, quadrangular adductor tubercle on rostrolateroventral surface of quadrate; ovate, isolated epipterygoid on rostrolateral surface of laterosphenoid; rounded torus on rostrolateral edge of dorsotemporal fenestra.
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, Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983

Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) Aegisuchus witmeri (type locality: 123903)