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Amargasuchus (Amarga crocodile)

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Amargasuchus was named by Chiappe (1988). Its type is Amargasuchus minor.

It was assigned to Trematochampsidae by Chiappe (1988); and to Peirosauridae by Geroto and Bertini (2019).

Species
A. minor (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Amargasuchus Chiappe p. 380
2019Amargasuchus Geroto and Bertini

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
—Solidocrania
suborderCrocodyliformes
—MesoeucrocodyliaWhetstone and Whybrow 1983
infraorderNotosuchiaGasparini 1971
—Peirosauridae(Gasparini 1982)
genusAmargasuchus

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.

G. †Amargasuchus Chiappe 1988 [Amarga crocodile]
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†Amargasuchus minor Chiappe 1988
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available