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Thilastikosuchus scutorectangularis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Thilastikosuchus scutorectangularis was named by Carvalho et al. (2025). Its type specimen is FUP-Pv 000019, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Campo Azul (lacustrine beds), which is in a Barremian/Aptian lacustrine sandstone in the Quiricó Formation of Brazil. It is the type species of Thilastikosuchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2025Thilastikosuchus scutorectangularis Carvalho 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
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
infraorderNotosuchiaGasparini 1971
—Candidodontidae()
genusThilastikosuchus
speciesscutorectangularis

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.

†Thilastikosuchus scutorectangularis Carvalho et al. 2025
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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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Barremian to the top of the Aptian or 125.77000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barremian - Aptian125.77 - 113.2Brazil (Minas Gerais) Thilastikosuchus scutorectangularis (type locality: 232206)