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Sphagesaurinae

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Sphagesaurinae was named by Kuhn (1968).

It was reranked as the unranked clade Sphagesaurinae by Pinheiro et al. (2021).

It was assigned to Sphagesauridae by Pinheiro et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Sphagesaurinae Pinheiro 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
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
—Solidocrania
suborderCrocodyliformes
—MesoeucrocodyliaWhetstone and Whybrow 1983
infraorderNotosuchiaGasparini 1971
—Eunotosuchia
—Xenodontosuchia
—Sphagesauria
—Sphagesauridae(Kuhn 1968)
—Sphagesaurinae(Kuhn 1968)
—Sphagesaurinae(Kuhn 1968)

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.

Unr. †Sphagesaurinae Kuhn 1968
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G. †Armadillosuchus Marinho and Carvalho 2009
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†Armadillosuchus arrudai Marinho and Carvalho 2009
G. †Caryonosuchus Kellner et al. 2011
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†Caryonosuchus pricei Kellner et al. 2011
G. †Sphagesaurus Price 1950
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†Sphagesaurus huenei Price 1950
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:39:01
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:39:01
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Brazil (São Paulo) Armadillosuchus arrudai (90094) Armadillosuchus sp. (204759) Sphagesaurus huenei (112003 114969 114970) Sphagesaurus sp. (57000 118192)