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Thecachampsa carolinensis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Gavialosuchus carolinensis was named by Erickson and Sawyer (1996). Its type specimen is ChM PV 4279, a partial skeleton (Skull and skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Johns Island, which is in a Chattian terrestrial horizon in the Chandler Bridge Formation of South Carolina.

It was recombined as Thecachampsa carolinensis by Jouve (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Gavialosuchus carolinensis Erickson and Sawyer p. 6
2016Thecachampsa carolinensis Jouve

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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
—NeosuchiaClark 1988
suborderEusuchiaHuxley 1875
—Crocodylia(Owen 1842)
superfamilyGavialoideaBrochu 1997
genusThecachampsaCope 1867
speciescarolinensis()

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.

†Thecachampsa carolinensis Erickson and Sawyer 1996
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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: Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Chattian or 28.40000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (South Carolina) Gavialosuchus carolinensis (144261)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (South Carolina) Gavialosuchus americanus (144203) Gavialosuchus carolinensis (144263)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (South Carolina) Gavialosuchus carolinensis (60443 97550 type locality: 144260 144262)