Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Venkatasuchus armatum

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Venkatasuchus armatum was named by Haldar et al. (2023). Its type specimen is ISIR267, an osteoderm (paramedian osteoderms), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 1 km northeast of Rampur (ISIR 279/280), which is in a Norian/Rhaetian terrestrial horizon in the Dharmaram Formation of India. It is the type species of Venkatasuchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2023Venkatasuchus armatum Haldar et al.

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Aetosauria(Lydekker 1889)
—Stagonolepididae(Lydekker 1887)
subfamilyAetosaurinae(Baur 1887)
—Typothoracisinae
—Paratypothoracisini
genusVenkatasuchus
speciesarmatum

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.

†Venkatasuchus armatum Haldar et al. 2023
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:33
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:33
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Norian to the top of the Rhaetian or 227.30000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian - Rhaetian227.3 - 201.4India Venkatasuchus armatum (type locality: 131840)