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Tasmaniosaurus
Taxonomy
Tasmaniosaurus was named by Camp and Banks (1978). Its type is Tasmaniosaurus triassicus. It was considered monophyletic by Camp and Banks (1978).
It was assigned to Proterosuchidae by Camp and Banks (1978), Thulborn (1986) and Carroll (1988); and to Crocopoda by Ezcurra (2016) and Poropat et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Proterosuchidae by Camp and Banks (1978), Thulborn (1986) and Carroll (1988); and to Crocopoda by Ezcurra (2016) and Poropat et al. (2023).
Species
T. triassicus (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1978 | Tasmaniosaurus Camp and Banks |
| 1986 | Tasmaniosaurus Thulborn p. 123 |
| 1988 | Tasmaniosaurus Carroll |
| 2016 | Tasmaniosaurus Ezcurra |
| 2023 | Tasmaniosaurus Poropat et al. p. 155 |
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G. †Tasmaniosaurus Camp and Banks 1978
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†Tasmaniosaurus triassicus Camp and Banks 1978
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| C. L. Camp and M. R. Banks 1978 | Diagnosis at for type and only species: Proterosuchian with long slightly curved premaxilla, postfrontal, no parietal foramen, broad parietals, quadrate (to judge from quadratojugal) vertical; palatal teeth on pterygoid and ?ectopterygoid; maxillary and mandibular teeth strongly thecodont; vacuity at posterior end of dentary; vertebrae shallowly amphicoelous; cervical ribs long and doubleheaded; long hind limbs and hind feet; no bony dermal scutes. |
Measurements
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| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||