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Mandasuchus tanyauchen

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Mandasuchus tanyauchen was named by Charig (1967). Its type specimen is NHMUK PV R6792, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is B5 of Stockley, 11b of Parrington, West of Irundi, which is in an Anisian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone/marl in the Manda Beds Formation of Tanzania. It is the type species of Mandasuchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Mandasuchus tanyauchen Charig p. 704
2018Mandasuchus tanyauchen Butler 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()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
superfamilyPoposauroidea(Nopcsa 1923)
genusMandasuchus
speciestanyauchen

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.

†Mandasuchus tanyauchen Charig 1967
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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 20:38:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:45
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Anisian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Tanzania (Ruvuma) Mandasuchus tanyauchen (type locality: 194380 194381) Saurischia indet. (194382)