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Araripesuchus patagonicus
Taxonomy
Araripesuchus patagonicus was named by Ortega et al. (2000). Its type specimen is MUCPV 269, a partial skeleton (Anterior half of an articulated individual with skull and mandibles lacking the most anterior portion of the rostrum. The specimen exposes the precaudal dorsal ), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Villa El Chocón, 5 km southwest, which is in a Cenomanian floodplain sandstone in the Candeleros Formation of Argentina.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2000 | Araripesuchus patagonicus Ortega et al. |
| 2006 | Araripesuchus patagonicus Turner |
| 2009 | Araripesuchus patagonicus Sereno and Larsson p. 31 |
| 2010 | Araripesuchus patagonicus Nascimento and Zaher |
| 2010 | Araripesuchus patagonicus Turner and Sertich |
| 2011 | Araripesuchus patagonicus Nascimento and Zaher |
| 2012 | Araripesuchus patagonicus Bronzati et al. |
| 2014 | Araripesuchus patagonicus Pol et al. |
| 2014 | Araripesuchus patagonicus Sertich and O'Connor |
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†Araripesuchus patagonicus Ortega et al. 2000
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| F. Ortega et al. 2000 | Short prefronto-nasal suture. Lachrymal with expanded dorsal surface, wider than that of A. gomesii and with a long contact with the nasal. Postorbital bar flush with the lateral surface of jugal, at least at its anterior border. Transverse width of the parietal is one third of the posterior skull table width, unlike A gomesii in which the parietal width is larger than the squamosal. |