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Spinosuchus caseanus

Osteichthyes - Trilophosauridae

Taxonomy
Spinosuchus caseanus was named by Huene (1932). Its type specimen is UMMP 7507, a set of vertebrae, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is west bank of Blanco River, northern breaks, which is in a Carnian/Norian terrestrial claystone in the Tecovas Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Spinosuchus.

Entered
by M. Carrano on 2005-03-28; modified by M. Carrano on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Spinosuchus caseanus Huene p. 37 fig. 4
1939Spinosuchus caseanus Kuhn p. 38
1940Spinosuchus caseanus Huene p. 284
1970Spinosuchus caseanus Steel p. 12
1984Spinosuchus caseanus Welles p. 174
1997Spinosuchus caseanus Murry and Long p. 192
2007Spinosuchus caseanus Nesbitt et al. p. 225
2009Spinosuchus caseanus Spielmann et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
familyTrilophosauridaeGregory 1945
genusSpinosuchus
speciescaseanus

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.

Spinosuchus caseanus Huene 1932
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Norian or 227.30000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 205.7USA (Texas) Coelophysis sp. (type locality: 71979) Spinosuchus caseanus (71982) Theropoda indet. (94492)
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (Texas) Spinosuchus caseanus (94493)