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Longosuchus meadei

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Typothorax meadei was named by Sawin (1947). Its type specimen is TMM 31185-98, a skull (Partial skeleton including skull and lower jaws, postcrania), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Otis Chalk Quarry 3A, which is in a Carnian/Norian crevasse splay mudstone in the Colorado City Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Longosuchus meadei by Hunt and Lucas (1990), Long and Murry (1995), Parker (2007), Parker and Martz (2010), Desojo et al. (2013) and Parker (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1947Typothorax meadei Sawin
1947Typothorax meadi Sawin
1990Longosuchus meadei Hunt and Lucas p. 320
1995Longosuchus meadei Long and Murry p. 67
2007Longosuchus meadei Parker
2010Longosuchus meadei Parker and Martz pp. 1101-1102
2013Longosuchus meadei Desojo et al.
2016Longosuchus meadei Parker

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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
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Aetosauria(Lydekker 1889)
—Stagonolepididae(Lydekker 1887)
suborderDesmatosuchia
subfamilyDesmatosuchinae
—Desmatosuchini
genusLongosuchus
speciesmeadei()

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.

†Longosuchus meadei Sawin 1947
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:33
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:33
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Carnian to the top of the Norian or 237.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5USA (Texas) Desmatosuchus sp. (22706 type locality: 22707)