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Saurosuchus galilei
Taxonomy
Saurosuchus galilei was named by Reig (1959). Its type specimen is PVL 2062, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hoyada de Ischiqualasto, upper third, which is in a Carnian/Norian terrestrial horizon in the Ischigualasto Formation of Argentina.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1959 | Saurosuchus galilei Reig |
1967 | Saurosuchus galilei Charig p. 709 |
1993 | Saurosuchus galilei Parrish p. 297 |
2011 | Saurosuchus galilei Nesbitt p. 33 |
2011 | Saurosuchus galilei Trotteyn et al. p. 14 |
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†Saurosuchus galilei Reig 1959
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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M. J. Trotteyn et al. 2011 | Archosaur differing from other crurotarsi by the following combination of characters: roof of skull and maxilla ornamented; postfrontal reduced in dorsal view; frontal with a thin rim dorsally limiting orbit; lateral process at poste-rolateral end of frontal; ventral process of lacrimal high pillar-shaped, and contacting laterally with jugal; supraoccipital with a longitudinal crest dorsally located and laterosfenoid with a robust protuberance laterally expanded. it also differs from other “rauisichids” (except Fasolasuchs), by the presence of accessory articulation structures (hyposphene and hypanthrum) in the posterior cervical vertebrae. |
Measurements
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Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983 |
Age range: Carnian or 237.00000 to 228.00000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Carnian | Argentina (San Juan) | Saurosuchus galilei (24877) | |
Carnian - Norian | Argentina (San Juan) | Saurosuchus galilei (type locality: 92315) |