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Eptalofosuchus viridi

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Eptalofosuchus viridi was named by Marinho et al. (2022). Its type specimen is MCT 1863-R, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Water well, gas station, BR-050 highway, southern Uberaba city, which is in a Campanian fluvial sandstone in the Uberaba Formation of Brazil. It is the type species of Eptalofosuchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2022Eptalofosuchus viridi Marinho 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
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
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
genusEptalofosuchus
speciesviridi

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.

Eptalofosuchus viridi Marinho et al. 2022
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
T. S. Marinho et al. 2022Small-sized “advanced notosuchian” with the following association of features (autapomorphies marked with an asterisk): dentary with ten tooth positions; symphyseal teeth increase discreetly in size posteriorly; *posterior tooth with large labial accessory cusp separated from main cusp by deep groove; high posterior symphyseal region (almost three times tall than below the level of third tooth), tapering anteriorly; well-marked ventral process on posteroventral symphyseal margin; *relative length and width of anterior (parallel sided) process of the dentary symphysis is elongated, being approximately twice as long as wide; *lateral surface of dentary mostly vertically oriented, continuous with the rest of its lateral surface below the alveolar margin, at mid to posterior region of tooth row; anterior edge of the mandibular fenestra more posteriorly placed than in Morrinhosuchus; large size of some neurovascular foramina placed on the mid to posterior region, parallel to alveolar edge of the dentary.
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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983

Age range: Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Brazil (Minas Gerais) Eptalofosuchus viridi (type locality: 221747)