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Globidentosuchus brachyrostris

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Globidentosuchus brachyrostris was named by Scheyer et al. (2013). Its type specimen is AMU-CURS-222, a skull (Almost complete skull with mandibles), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cerro Jose la Paz site, El Picache, which is in a Miocene terrestrial sandstone in the Urumaco Formation of Venezuela.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Globidentosuchus brachyrostris Scheyer et al.
2017Globidentosuchus brachyrostris Bona et al.

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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
—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
genusGlobidentosuchus
speciesbrachyrostris

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.

†Globidentosuchus brachyrostris Scheyer et al. 2013
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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, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983

Age range: Tortonian or 11.63000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Venezuela (Falcon) Globidentosuchus brachyrostris (136777)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) Globidentosuchus brachyrostris (143516 147462 147463 147464 147465 147467) Melanosuchus fisheri (143517)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcón) Globidentosuchus brachyrostris (type locality: 144595)