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Araripesuchus tsangatsangana

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Araripesuchus tsangatsangana was named by Turner (2006). Its type specimen is University of Antananarivo 8720, a partial skull (Nearly complete skull lacking posterior portion beyond the supratemporal fenestrae), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is MAD93-33 (SUNY), which is in a Maastrichtian channel sandstone in the Maevarano Formation of Madagascar.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Araripesuchus tsangatsangana Turner
2009Araripesuchus tsangatsangana Sereno and Larsson p. 31
2010Araripesuchus tsangatsangana Turner and Sertich
2012Araripesuchus tsangatsangana Bronzati et al.
2014Araripesuchus tsangatsangana Pol et al.
2014Araripesuchus tsangatsangana Sertich and O'Connor

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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
genusAraripesuchus
speciestsangatsangana

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.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. H. Turner 2006Differs from all other Araripesuchus species by possessing a hypertrophied 10th dentary tooth, nasals that do not contact the lacrimal, a premaxilla that forms little of the internarial bar, and a retroarticular process projecting from the dorsal part of the mandible and attenuating.