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Parvosuchus aurelioi

Reptilia - Gracilisuchidae

Taxonomy
Parvosuchus aurelioi was named by Müller (2024). Its type specimen is CAPPA/UFSM 0412, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Linha Várzea 2 (Becker) site, which is in a Ladinian/Carnian terrestrial horizon in the Santa Maria Formation of Brazil. It is the type species of Parvosuchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Parvosuchus aurelioi Müller

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
familyGracilisuchidae
genusParvosuchus
speciesaurelioi

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.

†Parvosuchus aurelioi Müller 2024
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:45
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Ladinian to the top of the Carnian or 242.00000 to 228.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian - Carnian242.0 - 228.0Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Parvosuchus aurelioi (type locality: 235264)