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Ceratosuchus
Taxonomy
Ceratosuchus was named by Schmidt (1938). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Alligatoridae by Schmidt (1938), Bartels (1984) and Carroll (1988); to Alligatorinae by Wu et al. (1996), Brochu (1999), Martin and Lauprasert (2010) and Pinheiro et al. (2013); to Globidonta by Farke et al. (2014) and Massonne et al. (2019); and to Caimaninae by Rio and Mannion (2021).
It was assigned to Alligatoridae by Schmidt (1938), Bartels (1984) and Carroll (1988); to Alligatorinae by Wu et al. (1996), Brochu (1999), Martin and Lauprasert (2010) and Pinheiro et al. (2013); to Globidonta by Farke et al. (2014) and Massonne et al. (2019); and to Caimaninae by Rio and Mannion (2021).
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1938 | Ceratosuchus Schmidt p. 315 |
1984 | Ceratosuchus Bartels p. 1347 |
1988 | Ceratosuchus Carroll |
1996 | Ceratosuchus Wu et al. |
1999 | Ceratosuchus Brochu |
2010 | Ceratosuchus Martin and Lauprasert |
2013 | Ceratosuchus Pinheiro et al. |
2014 | Ceratosuchus Farke et al. |
2019 | Ceratosuchus Massonne et al. |
2021 | Ceratosuchus Rio and Mannion |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Sullivan and Lucas 2003, Bush and Bambach 2015 |
Age range: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Clarkforkian or 55.80000 to 54.90000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Clarkforkian | USA (Wyoming) | C. burdoshi (15171 15173 15208) | |
Clarkforkian | USA (Colorado) | C. burdoshi (99856) | |
Wasatchian | USA (Wyoming) | C. sp. (15586) |