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Diplocynodon kochi

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Diplocynodon kochi was named by Venczel and Codrea (2022). Its type specimen is UBB V.1453, a skull (nearly complete skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cluj-Mănăștur (Cluj Limestone Fm.), which is in a Priabonian marine carbonate in the Cluj Limestone Formation of Romania.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. hallense, D. hantonensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2022Diplocynodon kochi Venczel and Codrea

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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
—NeosuchiaClark 1988
suborderEusuchiaHuxley 1875
—Crocodylia(Owen 1842)
—Alligatoroidea(Gray 1844)
genusDiplocynodonPomel 1847
specieskochi

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.

†Diplocynodon kochi Venczel and Codrea 2022
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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: Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Romania (Cluj-Napoca) Diplocynodon sp. (221117)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Romania Alligatoroidea indet. (221118) Diplocynodon sp. (type locality: 221120)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Romania (Cluj) Crocodylia indet. (221119)