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Confractosuchus sauroktonos

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Confractosuchus sauroktonos was named by White et al. (2022). Its type specimen is AODF 0890, a partial skeleton (near-complete skull with partial postcranial skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is "Chookie Site", Elderslie Station (AODL 0120), which is in a Cenomanian/Cenomanian fluvial-lacustrine claystone in the Winton Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Confractosuchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2022Confractosuchus sauroktonos White et al. p. 284
2023Confractosuchus sauroktonos Poropat et al. p. 157

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—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
—NeosuchiaClark 1988
suborderEusuchiaHuxley 1875
genusConfractosuchus
speciessauroktonos

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.

†Confractosuchus sauroktonos White et al. 2022
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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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Cenomanian to the top of the Late/Upper Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Australia (Queensland) Confractosuchus sauroktonos (type locality: 224316)