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Machaeroprosopus lottorum

Reptilia - Parasuchidae

Taxonomy
Machaeroprosopus lottorum was named by Hungerbühler et al. (2013). Its type specimen is TTU-P10076, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is TTU VPL 3870, which is in a Norian channel sandstone/mudstone in the Cooper Canyon Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Machaeroprosopus lottorum Hungerbühler et al.
2013Machaeroprosopus lottorum Parker 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
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
specieslottorum

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.

†Machaeroprosopus lottorum Hungerbühler et al. 2013
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988

Age range: Norian or 228.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Texas) Machaeroprosopus lottorum (type locality: 196537)