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Acaenasuchus geoffreyi

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Acaenasuchus geoffreyi was named by Long and Murry (1995). Its type specimen is UCMP 7308/139576, an osteoderm (paramedian plate), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Blue Hills 1, UCMP V7307, V7308, which is in a Norian terrestrial horizon in the Chinle Formation of Arizona.

It was synonymized subjectively with Episcoposaurus haplocerus by Heckert and Lucas (2000) and Heckert and Lucas (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Acaenasuchus geoffreyi Long and Murry
2005Acaenasuchus geoffreyi Irmis pp. 75-76
2005Acaenasuchus geoffreyi Parker p. 41
2007Acaenasuchus geoffreyi Parker
2008Acaenasuchus geoffreyi Parker
2013Acaenasuchus geoffreyi Desojo et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Aetosauria(Lydekker 1889)
—Stagonolepididae(Lydekker 1887)
suborderDesmatosuchia
subfamilyDesmatosuchinae
genusAcaenasuchus
speciesgeoffreyi

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.

†Acaenasuchus geoffreyi Long and Murry 1995
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:33
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:33
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983

Age range: Norian or 228.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Arizona) Acaenasuchus geoffreyi (39160 39219 type locality: 52499 52502 92850 196662 215309 223390)