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Mourasuchus amazonensis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Mourasuchus amazonensis was named by Price (1964). Its type specimen is DGM 526-R, a skull (Complete skull and jaw), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Juruá River, which is in a Miocene fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Solimoes Formation of Brazil. It is the type species of Mourasuchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Mourasuchus amazonensis Price
1966Mourasuchus amazonensis Langston
2010Mourasuchus amazonensis Riff et al.
2015Mourasuchus amazonensis Tineo et al.
2019Mourasuchus amazonensis Cidade 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)
—Alligatoroidea(Gray 1844)
—Globidonta
—Alligatoridae(Gray 1844)
—Caimaninae
genusMourasuchusPrice 1964
speciesamazonensisPrice 1964

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.

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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: Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Pliocene or 11.63000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Brazil (Acre) Mourasuchus amazonensis (136717)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Brazil Mourasuchus amazonensis (type locality: 57989)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Brazil (Acre) Mourasuchus amazonensis (191932)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Brazil (Acre) Mourasuchus amazonensis (217817)