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Machaeroprosopus buceros
Taxonomy
Belodon buceros was named by Cope (1881). Its type specimen is AMNH 2318, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Arroyo Seco drainage, Orphan Mesa, which is in a Norian terrestrial horizon in the Chinle Formation of New Mexico.
It was recombined as Phytosaurus buceros by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Metarhinus buceros by Jaekel (1910); it was recombined as Lophoprosopus buceros by Mehl (1915); it was recombined as Arribasuchus buceros by Long and Murry (1995); it was recombined as Pseudopalatus buceros by Hungerbühler (2002), Lucas et al. (2002), Zeigler et al. (2002), Irmis (2005), Parker and Irmis (2006); it was recombined as Machaeroprosopus buceros by Mehl (1916), Hay (1930), Hungerbühler et al. (2013), Stocker and Butler (2013), Parker et al. (2013).
It was recombined as Phytosaurus buceros by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Metarhinus buceros by Jaekel (1910); it was recombined as Lophoprosopus buceros by Mehl (1915); it was recombined as Arribasuchus buceros by Long and Murry (1995); it was recombined as Pseudopalatus buceros by Hungerbühler (2002), Lucas et al. (2002), Zeigler et al. (2002), Irmis (2005), Parker and Irmis (2006); it was recombined as Machaeroprosopus buceros by Mehl (1916), Hay (1930), Hungerbühler et al. (2013), Stocker and Butler (2013), Parker et al. (2013).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1881 | Belodon buceros Cope p. 922 |
| 1887 | Belodon buceros Cope p. 217 |
| 1902 | Phytosaurus buceros Hay p. 510 |
| 1910 | Metarhinus buceros Jaekel p. 220 |
| 1915 | Lophoprosopus buceros Mehl p. 163 |
| 1916 | Machaeroprosopus buceros Mehl p. 23 |
| 1930 | Machaeroprosopus buceros Hay p. 144 |
| 1995 | Arribasuchus buceros Long and Murry |
| 2002 | Pseudopalatus buceros Hungerbühler p. 399 |
| 2002 | Pseudopalatus buceros Lucas et al. p. 191 |
| 2002 | Pseudopalatus buceros Zeigler et al. p. 176 |
| 2005 | Pseudopalatus buceros Irmis p. 74 |
| 2006 | Pseudopalatus buceros Parker and Irmis |
| 2013 | Machaeroprosopus buceros Hungerbühler et al. |
| 2013 | Machaeroprosopus buceros Parker et al. |
| 2013 | Machaeroprosopus buceros Stocker and Butler |
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†Machaeroprosopus buceros Cope 1881
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. A. Long and P. A. Murry 1995 | As for genus. |
Measurements
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| Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Collections (13 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Lacian - Sevatian | USA (New Mexico) | Pseudopalatus buceros (62311) | |
| Norian | USA (Arizona) | Pseudopalatus pristinus, Pseudopalatus sp. (48423 84017) | |
| Norian | USA (New Mexico) | Arribasuchus buceros (47126) Belodon buceros (type locality: 93620) Pseudopalatus sp. (80926) | |
| Rhaetian | USA (Arizona) | Pseudopalatus buceros, Pseudopalatus sp. (84009) Pseudopalatus mccauleyi, Pseudopalatus sp. (84012) Pseudopalatus pristinus, Pseudopalatus sp. (84013 84014 84015 84016) Pseudopalatus sp. (84010) |