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Saltoposuchus connectens

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Saltoposuchus connectens was named by Huene (1921). Its type specimen is SMNS 12597, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Burrer Quarry, Pfaffenhofen, which is in an Alaunian terrestrial sandstone/marl in the Löwenstein Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Saltoposuchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Saltoposuchus connectens Huene
1922Saltoposuchus connectens Huene p. 22
1938Saltoposuchus connectens Berckhemer p. 192
1967Saltoposuchus connectens Charig p. 709
1971Saltoposuchus connectens Kuhn p. 13
1992Saltoposuchus connectens Sereno and Wild pp. 435-436
2008Saltoposuchus connectens Knoll p. 780
2013Saltoposuchus connectens Irmis 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
RankNameAuthor
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
SuchiaKrebs 1974
Paracrocodylomorpha
Loricata(Merrem 1820)
Crocodylomorpha()
genusSaltoposuchusvon Huene 1921
speciesconnectensHuene 1921

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
No diagnoses are available