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Sunosuchus junggarensis

Reptilia - Goniopholididae

Taxonomy
Sunosuchus junggarensis was named by Wu et al. (1996). Its type specimen is IVPP V10606. Its type locality is Pingfengshan, which is in an Oxfordian lacustrine siliciclastic in the Shishugou Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Sunosuchus junggarensis Wu et al. pp. 608-609 figs. 2-16
2009Sunosuchus junggarensis Schellhorn et al.
2012Sunosuchus junggarensis Bronzati et al.
2015Sunosuchus junggarensis Puértolas-Pascual et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
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
—NeosuchiaClark 1988
—Coelognathosuchia()
familyGoniopholididaeCope 1875
genusSunosuchus
speciesjunggarensis

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.

†Sunosuchus junggarensis Wu et al. 1996
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:39:01
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:39:01
Source: subo = suborder, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988

Age range: Oxfordian or 161.50000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8China (Xinjiang) Crocodylia indet. (type locality: 46974)