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Prestosuchus chiniquensis
Taxonomy
Prestosuchus chiniquensis was named by Huene (1942). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Sanga am Weg, Fundgruppe 34, which is in a Ladinian terrestrial horizon in the Santa Maria Formation of Brazil.
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1942 | Prestosuchus chiniquensis Huene p. 146 figs. 28-38; Pl. 18-22 |
| 1942 | Prestosuchus loricatus Huene p. 185 figs. Pl. 23 |
| 1993 | Prestosuchus chiniquensis Parrish p. 296 |
| 2011 | Prestosuchus chiniquensis Nesbitt p. 32 |
| 2018 | Prestosuchus chiniquensis Roberto-Da-Silva et al. p. 3 figs. 1-9 |
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†Prestosuchus chiniquensis Huene 1942
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Invalid names: Prestosuchus loricatus Huene 1942 [synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| L. Roberto-Da-Silva et al. 2018 | Three autapomorphies are described for Prestosuchus chiniquensis: (i) an anterior notch between the scapula and coracoid (Desojo and Rauhut 2008); (ii) a longitudinal ridge on the dorsal surface of the ilium (Desojo and Rauhut 2008); and (iii) presence of a sharp ridge leading from the glenoid to anteroventral corner of the coracoid (Nesbitt 2011). |