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Desmatosuchus smalli

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Desmatosuchus smalli was named by Parker (2005). It is not extant. Its type specimen is TTUP 9024. Its type locality is Miller's Ranch Quarry, which is in a Norian floodplain mudstone/sandstone in the Cooper Canyon Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Desmatosuchus smalli Parker pp. 332-333 figs. 2-6
2007Desmatosuchus smalli Parker
2008Desmatosuchus smalli Parker
2013Desmatosuchus smalli Desojo et al.
2016Desmatosuchus smalli Parker

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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
—Desmatosuchini
genusDesmatosuchus
speciessmalli

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.

†Desmatosuchus smalli Parker 2005
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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: herbivoreg
Created: 2009-01-03 21:10:54
Modified: 2009-01-03 23:10:54
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Norian or 227.30000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (Texas) Desmatosuchus haplocerus (type locality: 13273)