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Wannchampsus kirpachi

Osteichthyes - Paralligatoridae

Taxonomy
Wannchampsus kirpachi was named by Adams (2014). Its type specimen is SMU 76604, a partial skull (Partial skull and mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is North Quarry/Camp Quarry, Proctor Lake Dinosaur Locality (SMU 001), which is in an Aptian floodplain claystone/siltstone in the Twin Mountains Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Wannchampsus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Wannchampsus kirpachi Adams p. 1032

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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()
RankNameAuthor
Romeriida
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
NeosuchiaClark 1988
suborderEusuchiaHuxley 1875
familyParalligatoridaeKonjukova 1954
genusWannchampsus
specieskirpachi

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.

Wannchampsus kirpachi Adams 2014
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:39:01
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:39:01
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983, Bambach et al. 2007, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Late/Upper Aptian or 119.57000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2USA (Texas) Crocodylia indet. (type locality: 22713)