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Asiatosuchus depressifrons

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Crocodylus depressifrons was named by Blainville (1855). Its type specimen is MNHN G 160, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Muirancourt, which is in an Eocene terrestrial lignite in France.

It was recombined as Asiatosuchus depressifrons by Delfino et al. (2019).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Crocodylus depressifrons Blainville
1855Crocodilus depressifrons de Blainville
1909Crocodilus depressifrons Dollo p. 109
1938Crocodilus depressifrons Swinton p. 31
2019Asiatosuchus depressifrons Delfino 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
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)
—LongirostresCuvier
—Crocodyloidea(Deraniyagala 1939)
genusAsiatosuchus
speciesdepressifrons(Blainville 1855)

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.

†Asiatosuchus depressifrons Blainville 1855
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Invalid names: Crocodilus depressifrons de Blainville 1855 [synonym]
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, Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Early/Lower Eocene or 58.70000 to 48.60000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0France (Champagne-Ardenne) Asiatosuchus sp. (68428)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8France (Oise) Crocodylus depressifrons (166598)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Aude) Crocodylus depressifrons (182641)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Belgium (Brabant) Crocodylus depressifrons (35531 144103)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Île-de-France) Crocodylus depressifrons (68437)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Belgium (Leval-Trahegnies) Crocodylus depressifrons (144102)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Belgium (Hainaut) Crocodylus depressifrons (87947)
Ypresian - Bartonian56.0 - 38.0France (Aude) Asiatosuchus germanicus (78233)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6France (Oise) Crocodylus depressifrons (type locality: 144104)
MP 1055.8 - 48.6France (Picardie) Asiatosuchus depressifrons (68440)