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Theriosuchus pusillus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Theriosuchus pusillus was named by Owen (1878). Its type specimen is BMNH 48216, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Beccles' residuary Feather Bed marls, which is in a Berriasian/Berriasian terrestrial marl in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Theriosuchus.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Theriosuchus pusillus Owen
1879Brachydectes minor Owen
1879Theriosuchus pusillus Owen
1885Oweniasuchus minor Woodward
1958Theriosuchus pusillus Delair p. 63
1958Oweniasuchus minor Delair p. 64
1967Theriosuchus pusillus Joffe
2012Theriosuchus pusillus Bronzati et al.
2014Theriosuchus pusillus Sertich and O'Connor
2016Theriosuchus pusillus Tennant et al.
2018Theriosuchus pusillus Foster p. 288

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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
—NeosuchiaClark 1988
—Atoposauridae()
genusTheriosuchusOwen 1878
speciespusillusOwen 1878

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.

†Theriosuchus pusillus Owen 1878
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Invalid names: Oweniasuchus minor Owen 1879 [synonym]
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Tithonian to the top of the Middle Berriasian or 150.80000 to 140.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0France (Poitou-Charentes) Theriosuchus pusillus (164377)
Early/Lower Berriasian - Middle Berriasian145.0 - 140.2United Kingdom (England) Theriosuchus pusillus, Brachydectes minor (type locality: 123310)