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Araripesuchus wegeneri
Taxonomy
Araripesuchus wegeneri was named by Buffetaut (1981). Its type specimen is MNHN GDF700, a partial skeleton (snout with articulated upper and lower jaws preserved to mid-orbit on right side), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Camp des deux arbres, Gadoufaoua, which is in an Albian terrestrial horizon in the Elrhaz Formation of Niger.
It was considered a nomen dubium by Ortega et al. (2000).
It was considered a nomen dubium by Ortega et al. (2000).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1979 | Araripesuchus wegeneri Buffetaut and Taquet |
| 1981 | Araripesuchus wegeneri Buffetaut |
| 2006 | Araripesuchus wegeneri Turner |
| 2009 | Araripesuchus wegeneri Sereno and Larsson p. 34 |
| 2010 | Araripesuchus wegeneri Turner and Sertich |
| 2011 | Araripesuchus wegeneri Nascimento and Zaher |
| 2012 | Araripesuchus wegeneri Bronzati et al. |
| 2014 | Araripesuchus wegeneri Pol et al. |
| 2014 | Araripesuchus wegeneri Sertich and O'Connor |
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†Araripesuchus wegeneri Buffetaut 1981
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available