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Cricosaurus schroderi

Osteichthyes - Metriorhynchidae

Taxonomy
Enaliosuchus schroderi was named by Kuhn (1936). Its type specimen is MMGLV unnumbered, a partial skeleton (skull with mandible, lacking snout, and atlas axis and cervical three), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Cricosaurus schroderi by Young and Andrade (2009), Bronzati et al. (2012), Young et al. (2013), Parrilla-Bel and Canudo (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Enaliosuchus schroderi Kuhn
2009Cricosaurus schroderi Young and Andrade
2012Cricosaurus schroderi Bronzati et al.
2013Cricosaurus schroderi Young et al.
2015Cricosaurus schroderi Parrilla-Bel and Canudo

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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
RankNameAuthor
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
SuchiaKrebs 1974
Paracrocodylomorpha
Loricata(Merrem 1820)
Crocodylomorpha()
infraorderThalattosuchia()
Neothalattosuchia
superfamilyMetriorhynchoideaYoung et al. 2010
Euthalattosuchia
familyMetriorhynchidaeFitzinger 1843
subfamilyMetriorhynchinae
tribeRhacheosauriniYoung et al. 2011
genusCricosaurusWagner 1858
speciesschroderi(Kuhn 1936)

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.

Cricosaurus schroderi Kuhn 1936
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitesubo
Environment: marinesubo
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: nektonicsubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-07-23 01:12:29
Modified: 2009-07-23 03:12:29
Source: subo = suborder
Reference: Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available