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Ceratosuchus burdoshi

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Ceratosuchus burdoshi was named by Schmidt (1938). Its type specimen is F.M. No. P15576, a skull (skull without mandibles), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ceratosuchus burdoshi type locality, which is in a Clarkforkian terrestrial horizon in the DeBeque Formation of Colorado.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Ceratosuchus burdoshi Schmidt p. 316
1984Ceratosuchus burdoshi Bartels p. 1349
2014Ceratosuchus burdoshi Farke 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
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—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
suborderEusuchiaHuxley 1875
—Crocodylia(Owen 1842)
—Alligatoroidea(Gray 1844)
—Globidonta
—Alligatoridae(Gray 1844)
—Caimaninae
genusCeratosuchus
speciesburdoshi

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.

†Ceratosuchus burdoshi Schmidt 1938
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoreg
Created: 2005-09-23 11:53:07
Modified: 2005-09-23 13:53:07
Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015, Sullivan and Lucas 2003

Age range: Clarkforkian or 56.20000 to 54.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Ceratosuchus burdoshi (15171 15173 15208)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Colorado) Ceratosuchus burdoshi (type locality: 99856)