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Adamanasuchus eisenhardtae

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Adamanasuchus eisenhardtae was named by Lucas et al. (2007). Its type specimen is PEFO 34638, a set of postcrania (Osteoderms, vertebrae and femur), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gobstopper Hill (PFV 263), which is in a Norian terrestrial horizon in the Chinle Formation of Arizona. It is the type species of Adamanasuchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Adamanasuchus eisenhardtae Lucas et al. p. 241 figs. 2-6
2013Adamanasuchus eisenhardtae Desojo et al.
2016Adamanasuchus eisenhardtae 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
genusAdamanasuchus
specieseisenhardtae

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.

†Adamanasuchus eisenhardtae Lucas et al. 2007
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983

Age range: Norian or 228.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Arizona) Adamanasuchus eisenhardtae (type locality: 93478)