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Eutretauranosuchus delfsi

Reptilia - Goniopholididae

Taxonomy
Eutretauranosuchus delfsi was named by Mook (1967). Its type specimen is CMNH 8028, a partial skeleton ( and jaw; most of the precaudal and a few caudal vertebrae; a few limb bones; scutes), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Delfs Quarry, Garden Park (CMNH), which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian crevasse splay mudstone/sandstone in the Morrison Formation of Colorado. It is the type species of Eutretauranosuchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Eutretauranosuchus delfsi Mook p. 2 figs. Pl. 1–5
2010Eutretauranosuchus delfsi Smith et al.
2012Eutretauranosuchus delfsi Bronzati et al.
2013Eutretauranosuchus delfsi Pritchard et al.
2014Eutretauranosuchus delfsi 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
—NeosuchiaClark 1988
—Coelognathosuchia()
familyGoniopholididaeCope 1875
genusEutretauranosuchus
speciesdelfsi

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.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. C. Mook 1967As for the genus, of which this species is the sole representative.
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 152.21000 to 145.06000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1USA (Wyoming) Eutretauranosuchus delfsi (22648)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian152.21 - 145.06USA (Colorado) Eutretauranosuchus delfsi (45975 type locality: 48155)