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Gracilisuchus

Osteichthyes - Gracilisuchidae

Taxonomy
Gracilisuchus was named by Romer (1972). It is not extant. Its type is Gracilisuchus stipanicicorum. It was considered monophyletic by Nesbitt (2011).

It was assigned to Ornithosuchidae by Romer (1972), Bonaparte (1975); to Rauisuchia by Parrish (1993); to Suchia by Sereno (1991), Nesbitt (2011); and to Gracilisuchidae by Carroll (1988), Butler et al. (2014), Müller (2024).

Species
G. stipanicicorum (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Gracilisuchus Romer pp. 1-3 figs. 1-9
1975Gracilisuchus Bonaparte
1988Gracilisuchus Carroll
1991Gracilisuchus Sereno p. 11
1993Gracilisuchus Parrish p. 290 fig. 1
2011Gracilisuchus Nesbitt p. 19 fig. 51
2014Gracilisuchus Butler et al.
2024Gracilisuchus Müller

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
familyGracilisuchidae
genusGracilisuchus

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. †Gracilisuchus Romer 1972
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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, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Longobardian to the top of the Ladinian or 239.48000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Argentina (La Rioja) G. stipanicicorum (60293)
Longobardian - Judithian239.48 - 72.2Argentina (La Rioja) G. stipanicicorum (26092)