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Chinatichampsus wilsonorum

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Chinatichampsus wilsonorum was named by Stocker et al. (2021). Its type specimen is TMM 45911-1, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is TMM 45911 (Crocolicious), which is in an Uintan/Duchesnean channel sandstone in the Devil's Graveyard Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Chinatichampsus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Chinatichampsus wilsonorum Stocker et al.

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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
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
—Solidocrania
suborderCrocodyliformes
—MesoeucrocodyliaWhetstone and Whybrow 1983
—NeosuchiaClark 1988
suborderEusuchiaHuxley 1875
—Crocodylia(Owen 1842)
—Alligatoroidea(Gray 1844)
—Globidonta
—Alligatoridae(Gray 1844)
—Caimaninae
genusChinatichampsus
specieswilsonorum

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.

†Chinatichampsus wilsonorum Stocker et al. 2021
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoreuc
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:59
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:59
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Uintan to the top of the Duchesnean or 46.20000 to 37.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Uintan - Duchesnean46.2 - 37.0USA (Texas) Chinatichampsus wilsonorum (type locality: 217014)