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Mahajangasuchidae

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Mahajangasuchidae was named by Sereno and Larsson (2009). It is not extant. It was considered monophyletic by Turner and Sertich (2010).

It was reranked as the unranked clade Mahajangasuchidae by Nicholl et al. (2021).

It was assigned to Neosuchia by Sereno and Larsson (2009); to Metasuchia by Andrade et al. (2011); and to Notosuchia by Turner and Sertich (2010), Sertich and O'Connor (2014) and Nicholl et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Mahajangasuchidae Sereno and Larsson p. 62
2010Mahajangasuchidae Turner and Sertich
2011Mahajangasuchidae Andrade et al.
2014Mahajangasuchidae Sertich and O'Connor
2021Mahajangasuchidae Nicholl et al.

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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
Mahajangasuchidae()
Mahajangasuchidae()

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.

Unr. †Mahajangasuchidae Sereno and Larsson 2009
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G. †Kaprosuchus Sereno and Larsson 2009
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Kaprosuchus saharicus Sereno and Larsson 2009
G. †Mahajangasuchus Buckley and Brochu 1999 [Mahajanga crocodile]
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Mahajangasuchus insignis Buckley and Brochu 1999
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:39:01
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:39:01
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 99.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Niger (Agadez) Araripesuchidae indet. (58577)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Madagascar (Mahajanga) Mahajangasuchus insignis (39266 55269 83731 83732 83733)