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Rimasuchus lloydi

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Crocodilus lloydi was named by Fourtau (1918). Its type specimen is CGM 15597, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wadi Moghra, which is in a MN 4 marginal marine sandstone in the Moghara Formation of Egypt.

It was recombined as Crocodylus lloidi by Tchernov and Van Couvering (1978); it was recombined as Rimasuchus lloydi by Storrs (2003), Agrasar (2004) and Brochu (2007); it was considered a nomen dubium by Jouve et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Crocodilus lloydi Fourtau p. 16 figs. Fig. 13-15
1978Crocodylus lloidi Tchernov and Van Couvering p. 860
2003Rimasuchus lloydi Storrs
2004Rimasuchus lloydi Agrasar
2007Rimasuchus lloydi Brochu

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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()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
—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
—Crocodylia(Owen 1842)
—LongirostresCuvier
—Crocodyloidea(Deraniyagala 1939)
—Crocodylidae(Cuvier 1807)
—Osteolaeminae
—Osteolaemini
genusRimasuchus
specieslloydi()

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.

†Rimasuchus lloydi Fourtau 1918
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoreuc
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:59
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:59
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the MN 4 to the top of the Piacenzian or 16.90000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Libya Crocodylus lloydi (13065)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Egypt Crocodilus lloydi (type locality: 53970)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Tunisia (Gafsa) Crocodylus lloydi (35277 35281)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Chad Crocodylus lloydi (24181)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Chad Crocodylus lloidi (22506)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Uganda Crocodylus sp. (22178)