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Saltoposuchus longipes

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Saltoposuchus longipes was named by Huene (1921). Its type specimen is SMNS 12596 and 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 was synonymized subjectively with Saltoposuchus connectens by Sereno and Wild (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Saltoposuchus longipes Huene
1922Saltoposuchus longipes Huene p. 22
1967Saltoposuchus longipes Charig p. 709
1971Saltoposuchus longiceps Kuhn p. 13

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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
specieslongipesHuene 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.

†Saltoposuchus longipes Huene 1921
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:45
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Alaunian or 215.56000 to 212.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Saltoposuchus longipes (type locality: 47800)