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Notochampsidae

Osteichthyes - Notochampsidae

Taxonomy
Notochampsidae was named by Haughton (1924). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Archosauria by Haughton (1924); to Protorosuchia by Haughton and Brink (1954); and to Protosuchia by Kuhn (1946), Kuhn (1966).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Notochampsidae Haughton
1946Notochampsidae Kuhn p. 64
1954Notochampsidae Haughton and Brink p. 4
1966Notochampsidae Kuhn p. 82

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
—Solidocrania
suborderCrocodyliformes
—Protosuchia(Mook 1934)
familyNotochampsidae
familyNotochampsidae

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.

Fm. †Notochampsidae Haughton 1924
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G. †Notochampsa Broom 1904
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†Notochampsa istedana Broom 1904
G. †Orthosuchus Nash 1968
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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, Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Pliensbachian or 201.40000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9Lesotho (Qacha's Nek) Orthosuchus stormbergi (98603)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9South Africa (Free State) Notochampsa sp. (98599) Orthosuchus stormbergi (194004 194005)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9Zimbabwe (Matabeleland North) Notochampsa sp. (99570)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2South Africa (Eastern Cape) Notochampsa istedana (36671)