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Euthecodon nitriae

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Euthecodon nitriae was named by Fortau (1920). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wadi El Natrun, which is in a Pliocene terrestrial horizon in Egypt. It is the type species of Euthecodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Euthecodon nitriae Fortau

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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
—Euthecodontini
genusEuthecodon
speciesnitriae

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.

†Euthecodon nitriae Fortau 1920
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Pliocene or 11.62000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Tunisia Euthecodon nitriae (65170)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Chad Euthecodon nitriae (59839)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Egypt Euthecodon nitriae (type locality: 148393)