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Sahitisuchus fluminensis

Reptilia - Sebecidae

Taxonomy
Sahitisuchus fluminensis was named by Kellner et al. (2014). Its type specimen is MCT 1730-R, a partial skeleton (Almost complete skull and lower jaw, proatlas, intercentrum, the axis and the 3rd cervical vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is São José Farm, which is in a Paleocene/Eocene fissure fill limestone in Brazil. It is the type species of Sahitisuchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Sahitisuchus fluminensis Kellner 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
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
—Solidocrania
suborderCrocodyliformes
—MesoeucrocodyliaWhetstone and Whybrow 1983
infraorderNotosuchiaGasparini 1971
—ZiphosuchiaOrtega et al. 2000
suborderSebecosuchiaColbert 1946
familySebecidae
genusSahitisuchus
speciesfluminensis

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.

†Sahitisuchus fluminensis Kellner et al. 2014
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Created: 2009-11-23 13:13:22
Modified: 2009-11-23 15:13:22
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Gasparini 1984, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Early/Lower Eocene or 58.70000 to 48.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene58.7 - 48.6Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) Sahitisuchus fluminensis (type locality: 153815)