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Machaeroprosopus pristinus

Osteichthyes - Parasuchidae

Taxonomy
Pseudopalatus pristinus was named by Mehl (1928). Its type specimen is MU 525VP, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 7 miles NE Adamana, which is in a Norian terrestrial horizon in the Chinle Formation of Arizona. It is the type species of Pseudopalatus.

It was recombined as Machaeroprosopus pristinus by Hungerbühler et al. (2013), Stocker and Butler (2013), Parker et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Pseudopalatus pristinus Mehl
1930Pseudopalatus pristinus Hay p. 143
1995Pseudopalatus pristinus Long and Murry
2005Pseudopalatus pristinus Irmis p. 74
2006Pseudopalatus pristinus Parker and Irmis
2010Pseudopalatus pristinus Stocker p. supplement
2011Pseudopalatus pristinus Nesbitt p. 19
2013Machaeroprosopus pristinus Hungerbühler et al.
2013Machaeroprosopus pristinus Parker et al.
2013Machaeroprosopus pristinus Stocker and Butler

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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
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—Phytosauria(Jaeger 1828)
familyParasuchidaeLydekker 1885
subfamilyMystriosuchinaevon Huene 1915
—Leptosuchomorpha
—Mystriosuchini(Huene 1915)
genusMachaeroprosopus
speciespristinus()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:18
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:18
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Norian or 227.30000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (Arizona) Pseudopalatus pristinus (93429 93432 93461 93462 93464 93466 type locality: 93566)
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (New Mexico) Pseudopalatus pristinus (47126 94105)