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Nicrosaurus

Reptilia - Parasuchidae

Taxonomy
Nicrosaurus was named by Fraas (1866).

It was synonymized subjectively with Phytosaurus by Kuhn (1964).

It was assigned to Parasuchia by Sereno (1991); to Pseudopalatinae by Long and Murry (1995); to Phytosauridae by Kuhn (1966), Galton (1985), Carroll (1988) and Hungerbühler (1998); and to Pseudopalatinae by Stocker and Butler (2013).

Species
N. kapffi, N. meyeri

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1828Cubicodon Jaeger
1828Cylindricodon Jaeger
1866Nicrosaurus Fraas
1915Lophoprosopus Mehl p. 163
1966Nicrosaurus Kuhn p. 81
1985Nicrosaurus Galton
1988Nicrosaurus Carroll
1991Nicrosaurus Sereno p. 15
1995Nicrosaurus Long and Murry p. 60
1998Nicrosaurus Hungerbühler p. 18
2013Nicrosaurus Stocker and Butler

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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()
—Amniota
RankNameAuthor
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—Phytosauria(Jaeger 1828)
familyParasuchidaeLydekker 1885
subfamilyMystriosuchinaevon Huene 1915
—Leptosuchomorpha
—Mystriosuchini(Huene 1915)
genusNicrosaurusFraas 1866

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. †Nicrosaurus Fraas 1866
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†Nicrosaurus kapffi Meyer 1860
†Nicrosaurus meyeri Hungerbühler and Hunt 2000
Invalid names: Cubicodon Jaeger 1828 [synonym], Cylindricodon Jaeger 1828 [synonym], Lophoprosopus Mehl 1915 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:18
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:18
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988

Age range: Alaunian or 215.56000 to 212.00000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) N. kapffi (138914) N. sp., Belodon kapffi, N. species B (47785)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Germany (Niedersachsen) N. sp. (106511)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (New Mexico) N. sp. (48516)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Germany (Baden-Württemberg) N. kapffi (105834 106363 138915) N. species B (138916)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3Germany (Niedersachsen) Angistorhinopsis ruetimeyeri (106517)
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Mystriosuchus planirostris (47800)