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Ticinosuchus ferox

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Ticinosuchus ferox was named by Krebs (1965). Its type specimen is PIZ T 2817, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Val Porina (Sasso), which is in an Anisian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal dolomite in the Besano Formation of Switzerland. It is the type species of Ticinosuchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Ticinosuchus ferox Krebs
1967Ticinosuchus ferox Charig p. 709
1993Ticinosuchus ferox Parrish p. 297
2011Ticinosuchus ferox Lautenschlager and Desojo
2011Ticinosuchus ferox Nesbitt p. 24

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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()
RankNameAuthor
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
SuchiaKrebs 1974
genusTicinosuchus
speciesferox

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.

Ticinosuchus ferox Krebs 1965
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
B. Krebs 1965Einzige Art mit den Merkmalen der Gattung.
Solange die Gattung Ticinosuchus nur eine Art umfasst, wäre ein Auseinanderhalten von
Art- und Gattungsmerkmalen rein willkürlich.
S. Lautenschlager and J. B. Desojo 2011Ticinosuchus ferox differs from all other rauisuchian archosaurs by the combination of the following characters: antorbital fenestra tapers sharply anteriorly; maxilla with pronounced rostral ramus; maxilla with dorsoventrally expanded ascending process and fused medial interdental plates; centra of cervical vertebrae elongated and approximately twice as long as high; two sacral vertebrae; ventral margin of coracoid continuous (not interrupted by a notch or edge); pubis without distal expansion; postacetabular process of ilium with horizontal medial ridge; dorsal margin of ilium blade notably rounded and convex; ischia joined by a pronounced ventral crest, arrowhead-shaped and symmetrical anterior to mid-caudal osteoderms with a sharp and pronounced midline keel.
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: Anisian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Switzerland (Ticino) Ticinosuchus ferox (86828 type locality: 105768)