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Erpetosuchus

Reptilia - Erpetosuchidae

Taxonomy

Erpetosuchus was named by Newton (1894). It is the type genus of Erpetosuchidae. It was considered monophyletic by Nesbitt and Butler (2012).

It was assigned to Parasuchia by Newton (1894); to Proterosuchidae by Huene (1922); to Pseudosuchia by Broom (1913) and Huene (1942); to Ornithosuchidae by Romer (1956); to Suchia by Benton and Walker (2002); to Crocodylomorpha by Fiorelli and Calvo (2008); and to Erpetosuchidae by Watson (1917), Nopcsa (1928), Kuhn (1966), Carroll (1988) and Nesbitt and Butler (2012).

Species

E. granti

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1894	Erpetosuchus Newton
1913	Herpetosuchus Broom p. 626
1917	Erpetosuchus Watson p. 180
1922	Erpetosuchus Huene p. 22
1928	Erpetosuchus Nopcsa p. 186
1942	Erpetosuchus Huene p. 244
1956	Erpetosuchus Romer p. 594
1966	Erpetosuchus Kuhn p. 72
1988	Erpetosuchus Carroll
2002	Erpetosuchus Benton and Walker
2008	Erpetosuchus Fiorelli and Calvo
2012	Erpetosuchus Nesbitt and Butler

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967

Rank	Name	Author
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
—	Pseudosuchia	(Zittel 1890)
family	Erpetosuchidae
genus	Erpetosuchus	Newton 1894

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. †Erpetosuchus Newton 1894

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†Erpetosuchus granti Newton 1894

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: Norian or 228.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Carnian - Norian	237.0 - 208.5	United Kingdom (Scotland)	E. granti (57948)
Norian	228.0 - 208.5	USA (Connecticut)	E. sp. (62843)