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Asiatosuchus grangeri

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Asiatosuchus grangeri was named by Mook (1940). Its type specimen is AMNH 6606, a mandible (lower jaws), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 7 Miles West of Camp Margetts (1930 AMNH Gobiatherium type locality), which is in an Arshantan terrestrial claystone in the Arshanto Formation of China. It is the type species of Asiatosuchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Asiatosuchus grangeri Mook p. 1 figs. 1-2
1998Asiatosuchus grangeri Angielczyk and Gingerich

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
—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
suborderEusuchiaHuxley 1875
—Crocodylia(Owen 1842)
—LongirostresCuvier
—Crocodyloidea(Deraniyagala 1939)
genusAsiatosuchus
speciesgrangeri

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.

†Asiatosuchus grangeri Mook 1940
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Diet: carnivoreuc
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:59
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:59
Source: subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Arshantan or 56.00000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arshantan56.0 - 37.71China (Nei Mongol) Asiatosuchus grangeri (type locality: 72184)