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Sebecoidea

Osteichthyes

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2025Sebecoidea Bravo et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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
—ZiphosuchiaOrtega et al. 2000
suborderSebecosuchiaColbert 1946
—Sebecoidea
—Sebecoidea

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.

Unr. †Sebecoidea Bravo et al. 2025
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G. †Bergisuchus Kuhn 1968
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G. †Dentaneosuchus Martin et al. 2023
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G. †Iberosuchus Antunes 1975
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†Iberosuchus macrodon Antunes 1975
G. †Ogresuchus Sellés et al. 2020
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†Ogresuchus furatus Sellés et al. 2020
Fm. †Sebecidae Savage 1951
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G. †Ayllusuchus Gasparini 1984
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†Ayllusuchus fernandezi Gasparini 1984
G. †Barinasuchus Paolillo and Linares 2007
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†Barinasuchus arveloi Paolillo and Linares 2007
G. †Bretesuchus Gasparini et al. 1993
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†Bretesuchus bonapartei Gasparini et al. 1993
G. †Ilchunaia Rusconi 1946
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†Ilchunaia parva Rusconi 1946
G. †Langstonia Paolillo and Linares 2007
G. †Lorosuchus Pol and Powell 2011
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†Lorosuchus nodosus Pol and Powell 2011
G. †Sahitisuchus Kellner et al. 2014
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†Sahitisuchus fluminensis Kellner et al. 2014
G. †Sebecus Stirton 1953
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†Sebecus ayrampu Bravo et al. 2021
†Sebecus huilensis Langston 1965
†Sebecus icaeorhinus Simpson 1937
†Sebecus querejazus Buffetaut and Marshall 1991
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Invalid names: Sebecus carajazus Gasparini et al. 1993 [synonym]
G. †Zulmasuchus Paolillo and Linares 2007
G. †Tewkensuchus Bravo et al. 2025
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†Tewkensuchus salamanquensis Bravo et al. 2025
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, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian to the top of the Zanclean or 72.20000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (69 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) Ogresuchus furatus (183157)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Bolivia Sebecus querejazus (118197)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Chubut) Tewkensuchus salamanquensis (240557)
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0Argentina (Jujuy) Sebecus ayrampu (222891)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0Argentina (Tucumán) Lorosuchus nodosus (58702)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0Argentina (Salta) Bretesuchus bonapartei (123363)
Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene59.24 - 48.07Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) Sahitisuchus fluminensis (153815)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07Spain (Lleida) Iberosuchus macrodon (88345)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Argentina (Salta) Sebecus sp. (20983 176659)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Argentina (Jujuy) Ayllusuchus fernandezi (92655)
Casamayoran56.0 - 48.0Argentina (Chubut) Sebecus icaeorhinus (39295)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Iberosuchus sp. (31717)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03France (Occitanie) Iberosuchus crassiproratus (195457)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Iberosuchus sp. (182519)
Ypresian - Bartonian56.0 - 37.71France (Aude) Atacisaurus crassiproratus (78233)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (California) Sebecidae indet. (16664)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France (Drome) Iberosuchus sp. (177494)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Spain (Lleida) Sebecosuchia indet. (187027)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Argentina (Chubut) Sebecus sp., Sebecus icaeorhinus (44956)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Bergisuchus dietrichbergi (45750)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Spain (Zamora) Iberosuchus macrodon (179692) Iberosuchus sp. (41073 41078 45237 79704 224597)
MP 1148.07 - 41.03Germany (Hessen) Bergisuchus dietrichbergi (120036)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71Argentina (Chubut) Sebecus sp. (176164)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71Portugal (Nazaré) Iberosuchus macrodon (153778)
MP 15 - MP 1648.07 - 37.71Spain (Salamanca) Iberosuchus sp. (40892)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Spain (Zamora) Iberosuchus macrodon (207764)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Argentina (Chubut) Sebecus icaeorhinus (142920 142929)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Peru Sebecus sp. (176136)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Spain (Salamanca) Iberosuchus macrodon (153779)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Argentina (Salta) Sebecus sp. (132937)
Uintan45.9 - 39.7USA (California) Sebecidae indet. (16545)
Divisaderan42.0 - 36.0Argentina (Mendoza) Ilchunaia parva, Sebecosuchia indet. (92669)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Brazil (Paraná) Sebecidae indet. (186567)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Spain (Castilla y Leon) Iberosuchus sp. (40358)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Pristichampsus rollinati (31736)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Spain (Salamanca) Iberosuchus sp. (224596)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France Dentaneosuchus crassiproratus (229999)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Spain Iberosuchus sp. (224595)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Spain (Aragon) Iberosuchus macrodon (31633)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.03 - 33.9Spain (Salamanca) Iberosuchus sp. (224594)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Peru (San Martin) Sebecidae indet. (225588)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9France (Herault) Mesosuchia indet. (78248)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Spain (Castilla y Leon) Iberosuchus sp. (40883)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Peru (San Martín) Sebecus sp. (225589)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Argentina (Catamarca) Sebecidae indet. (41608)
Priabonian - Rupelian37.71 - 27.3Peru (Loreto) Sebecus sp. (144474)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Peru Sebecidae indet. (199563) Sebecus sp. (199559)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Argentina (Chubut) Sebecidae indet. (92670)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Puerto Rico) Sebecidae indet. (65367)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Peru (Loreto) Sebecus sp. (176130 176147)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Cuba (Sancti Spiritus) Sebecidae indet. (31183)
Colhuehuapian21.0 - 17.5Peru Langstonia sp. (176149)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Venezuela (Barinas) Barinasuchus arveloi (113145)
Laventan13.8 - 11.0Colombia Sebecus huilensis (153817)
Laventan13.8 - 11.0Colombia (Huila) Sebecus huilensis (133648 187741)
Laventan13.8 - 11.0Peru (Ucayali) Sebecus huilensis (107993)
Laventan13.8 - 11.0Peru Sebecus huilensis (107992)
Laventan13.8 - 11.0Colombia (Tolima) Sebecus sp. (143779)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Sebecus sp. (226046)