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Sarcosuchus
Taxonomy
Sarcosuchus was named by de Broin and Taquet (1966) [Sepkoski's age data: K l Sepkoski's reference number: 620].
It was assigned to Mesosuchia by de Broin and Taquet (1966); to Crocodilia by Sepkoski (2002); to Pholidosauridae by Carroll (1988) and Larsson and Sues (2007); to Elosuchidae by Andrade et al. (2011); to Neosuchia by Sereno et al. (2001), Sereno et al. (2003), Gasparini et al. (2006), Martin et al. (2010), Nascimento and Zaher (2011), Bronzati et al. (2012) and Sertich and O'Connor (2014); to Tethysuchoidea by Souza et al. (2019); and to Pholidosauridae by Jouve et al. (2006), Fortier et al. (2011), Martin and Buffetaut (2012) and Jouve and Jalil (2020).
It was assigned to Mesosuchia by de Broin and Taquet (1966); to Crocodilia by Sepkoski (2002); to Pholidosauridae by Carroll (1988) and Larsson and Sues (2007); to Elosuchidae by Andrade et al. (2011); to Neosuchia by Sereno et al. (2001), Sereno et al. (2003), Gasparini et al. (2006), Martin et al. (2010), Nascimento and Zaher (2011), Bronzati et al. (2012) and Sertich and O'Connor (2014); to Tethysuchoidea by Souza et al. (2019); and to Pholidosauridae by Jouve et al. (2006), Fortier et al. (2011), Martin and Buffetaut (2012) and Jouve and Jalil (2020).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1966 | Sarcosuchus de Broin and Taquet p. 2326 |
| 1988 | Sarcosuchus Carroll |
| 2001 | Sarcosuchus Sereno et al. p. 1518 |
| 2002 | Sarcosuchus Sepkoski |
| 2003 | Sarcosuchus Sereno et al. |
| 2006 | Sarcosuchus Gasparini et al. p. 72 |
| 2006 | Sarcosuchus Jouve et al. |
| 2007 | Sarcosuchus Larsson and Sues |
| 2010 | Sarcosuchus Martin et al. |
| 2011 | Sarcosuchus Andrade et al. |
| 2011 | Sarcosuchus Fortier et al. |
| 2011 | Sarcosuchus Nascimento and Zaher |
| 2012 | Sarcosuchus Bronzati et al. |
| 2012 | Sarcosuchus Martin and Buffetaut |
| 2014 | Sarcosuchus Sertich and O'Connor |
| 2019 | Sarcosuchus Souza et al. |
| 2020 | Sarcosuchus Jouve and Jalil |
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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.
G. †Sarcosuchus de Broin and Taquet 1966
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†Sarcosuchus imperator de Broin and Taquet 1966
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Hauterivian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 136.40000 to 93.50000 Ma
Collections (15 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Cretaceous | Mali | S. sp. (60382) | |
| Early/Lower Berriasian - Late/Upper Albian | Algeria (Adrar) | Crocodylia indet. (25139) | |
| Late/Upper Hauterivian - Early/Lower Barremian | Brazil (Bahia) | Crocodilus hartti (51912) Crocodylia indet. (51911) S. hartti (203352 203354) S. sp., S. hartti (203353) | |
| Aptian | Niger (Agadez) | S. imperator (37200) | |
| Aptian - Albian | Niger (Agadez) | Crocodylia indet. (25355) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | Niger (Agadez) | S. imperator (77189) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian | Tunisia (Tataouine) | Crocodylia indet. (25200) | |
| Albian | Tunisia (Tataouine) | S. sp., Crocodylia indet. (25363) | |
| Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian | Algeria (Adrar) | S. sp. (219384) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) | S. sp. (25325 163916) |