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Rimasuchus lloydi

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Crocodilus lloydi was named by Fourtau (1918). Its type specimen is CGM 15597, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wadi Moghra, which is in a MN 4 marginal marine sandstone in the Moghara Formation of Egypt.

It was recombined as Crocodylus lloidi by Tchernov and Van Couvering (1978); it was recombined as Rimasuchus lloydi by Storrs (2003), Agrasar (2004) and Brochu (2007); it was considered a nomen dubium by Jouve et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Crocodilus lloydi Fourtau p. 16 figs. Fig. 13-15
1978Crocodylus lloidi Tchernov and Van Couvering p. 860
2003Rimasuchus lloydi Storrs
2004Rimasuchus lloydi Agrasar
2007Rimasuchus lloydi Brochu

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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
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
SuchiaKrebs 1974
Paracrocodylomorpha
Loricata(Merrem 1820)
Crocodylomorpha()
Solidocrania
suborderCrocodyliformes
MesoeucrocodyliaWhetstone and Whybrow 1983
NeosuchiaClark 1988
suborderEusuchiaHuxley 1875
Crocodylia(Owen 1842)
LongirostresCuvier
Crocodyloidea(Deraniyagala 1939)
Crocodylidae(Cuvier 1807)
Osteolaeminae
Osteolaemini
genusRimasuchus
specieslloydi()

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.

Rimasuchus lloydi Fourtau 1918
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Diagnosis
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