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Araripesuchus buitreraensis

Reptilia - Uruguaysuchidae

Taxonomy
Araripesuchus buitreraensis was named by Pol and Apesteguía (2005). Its type specimen is MPCA-PV 235 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is La Buitrera (Hoyada de los esfenodontes), which is in a Cenomanian crevasse splay sandstone in the Candeleros Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Araripesuchus buitreraensis Pol and Apesteguía p. 3 figs. 1-9
2009Araripesuchus buitreraensis Sereno and Larsson p. 31
2010Araripesuchus buitreraensis Nascimento and Zaher
2010Araripesuchus buitreraensis Turner and Sertich
2011Araripesuchus buitreraensis Nascimento and Zaher
2012Araripesuchus buitreraensis Bronzati et al.
2014Araripesuchus buitreraensis Pol et al.
2014Araripesuchus buitreraensis Sertich and O'Connor

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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
—Eunotosuchia
familyUruguaysuchidaeGasparini 1971
genusAraripesuchus
speciesbuitreraensis

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.

†Araripesuchus buitreraensis Pol and Apesteguía 2005
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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: Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Argentina (Río Negro) Araripesuchus buitreraensis (type locality: 225915)