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Rauisuchus tiradentes

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Rauisuchus tiradentes was named by Huene (1942). Its type specimen is BSPG AS XXV 60–68, 72, 73a, 74-91, 92-100, 105-119, 121, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sanga 6 (excavation 15), Santa Maria, which is in a Carnian/Norian fluvial claystone in the Santa Maria Formation of Brazil. It is the type species of Rauisuchus.

It was corrected as Rauisuchus triradentes by Parrish (1993).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Rauisuchus tiradentes Huene p. 195 figs. 40-41; Pl. 24-27
1993Rauisuchus triradentes Parrish p. 301
2011Rauisuchus tiradentes Nesbitt p. 36
2015Rauisuchus tiradentes Lautenschlager and Rauhut p. 58

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Rauisuchidae(Huene 1942)
genusRauisuchus
speciestiradentes

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.

†Rauisuchus tiradentes Huene 1942
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoreg
Created: 2009-01-03 21:09:24
Modified: 2009-01-03 23:09:24
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Carnian to the top of the Norian or 237.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Rauisuchus tiradentes (72088 72089 72136 type locality: 99406 99408 99410)