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Gryposuchus pachakamue

Reptilia - Gavialidae

Taxonomy
Gryposuchus pachakamue was named by Salas-Gismondi et al. (2016). Its type specimen is MUSM 1981, a skull (Nearly complete skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is IQ114, which is in a Miocene lacustrine - large lignite in the Pebas Formation of Peru.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Gryposuchus pachakamue Salas-Gismondi 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
—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)
superfamilyGavialoideaBrochu 1997
familyGavialidaeAdams 1854
—Gryposuchinae
genusGryposuchus
speciespachakamue

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.

†Gryposuchus pachakamue Salas-Gismondi et al. 2016
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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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988

Age range: Tortonian or 11.62000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Peru (Maynas) Gavialoidea indet. (166767 type locality: 166768 166769) Gryposuchus pachakamue (179000 179001)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela Gryposuchus pachakamue (200111)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) Thecachampsa sp. 2 (147464)