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Gryposuchus croizati

Reptilia - Gavialidae

Taxonomy
Gryposuchus croizati was named by Riff and Aguilera (2008). Its type specimen is MCN-URU-2002-77, a skull (Complete skull and mandibles), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 0.5 km North of Quebrada El Picache and 50 m East of Chiguaje fault, which is in a Miocene fluvial-deltaic claystone/sandstone in the Urumaco Formation of Venezuela.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Gryposuchus croizati Riff and Aguilera p. 181
2010Gryposuchus croizati Riff et al.
2016Gryposuchus croizati Salas-Gismondi et al.

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—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
—Crocodylia(Owen 1842)
superfamilyGavialoideaBrochu 1997
familyGavialidaeAdams 1854
—Gryposuchinae
genusGryposuchus
speciescroizati

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.

†Gryposuchus croizati Riff and Aguilera 2008
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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, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Tortonian or 11.60800 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela (Falcon) Gryposuchus croizati (136777)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcón) Gryposuchus croizati (63520)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) Gryposuchus croizati (136776 type locality: 143321)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela Gryposuchus croizati (92751)