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Sillosuchus longicervix

Reptilia - Shuvosauridae

Taxonomy
Sillosuchus longicervix was named by Alcober and Parrish (1997). Its type specimen is PVSJ 85, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cancha de Bochas, southern Ischigualasto, which is in a Carnian floodplain siliciclastic in the Ischigualasto Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Sillosuchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Sillosuchus longicervix Alcober and Parrish p. 549 figs. 3-6
2011Sillosuchus longicervix Nesbitt p. 29

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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
familyShuvosauridae
genusSillosuchus
specieslongicervix

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.

†Sillosuchus longicervix Alcober and Parrish 1997
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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: Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Carnian or 237.00000 to 228.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Argentina (San Juan) Sillosuchus longicervix (type locality: 90304)