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Venaticosuchus rusconii

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Venaticosuchus rusconii was named by Bonaparte (1970). Its type specimen is PVL 2578, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Agua de Las Catas, Ischigualasto, which is in a Tuvalian terrestrial horizon in the Ischigualasto Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Venaticosuchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Venaticosuchus rusconii Bonaparte
2013Venaticosuchus rusconii Von Baczko and Ezcurra

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—Ornithosuchidae(Huene 1908)
genusVenaticosuchusBonaparte 1970
speciesrusconiiBonaparte 1970

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.

†Venaticosuchus rusconii Bonaparte 1970
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:45
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988

Age range: Tuvalian or 233.60000 to 227.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3Argentina (La Rioja) Venaticosuchus rusconii (type locality: 26452)