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Elosuchus
Taxonomy
Elosuchus was named by de Lapparent de Broin (2002). Its type is Thoracosaurus cherifiensis.
It was assigned to Elosuchidae by de Lapparent de Broin (2002) and Andrade et al. (2011); to Neosuchia by Fiorelli and Calvo (2008) and Bronzati et al. (2012); to Pholidosauridae by Jouve et al. (2006), Fortier et al. (2011) and Martin and Buffetaut (2012); to Tethysuchia by Meunier and Larsson (2016); to Elosuchidae by Souza et al. (2019); to Tethysuchia by Jouve and Jalil (2020); and to Dyrosauroidea by Jouve et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Elosuchidae by de Lapparent de Broin (2002) and Andrade et al. (2011); to Neosuchia by Fiorelli and Calvo (2008) and Bronzati et al. (2012); to Pholidosauridae by Jouve et al. (2006), Fortier et al. (2011) and Martin and Buffetaut (2012); to Tethysuchia by Meunier and Larsson (2016); to Elosuchidae by Souza et al. (2019); to Tethysuchia by Jouve and Jalil (2020); and to Dyrosauroidea by Jouve et al. (2021).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2002 | Elosuchus de Lapparent de Broin pp. 278-280 |
| 2006 | Elosuchus Jouve et al. |
| 2008 | Elosuchus Fiorelli and Calvo |
| 2011 | Elosuchus Andrade et al. |
| 2011 | Elosuchus Fortier et al. |
| 2012 | Elosuchus Bronzati et al. |
| 2012 | Elosuchus Martin and Buffetaut |
| 2016 | Elosuchus Meunier and Larsson |
| 2019 | Elosuchus Souza et al. |
| 2020 | Elosuchus Jouve and Jalil |
| 2021 | Elosuchus Jouve et al. |
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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.
G. †Elosuchus de Lapparent de Broin 2002
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†Elosuchus broinae Meunier and Larsson 2016
†Elosuchus cherifiensis Lavocat 1955
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| F. de Lapparent de Broin 2002 | Apomorphies: the four premaxillary teeth, which are situated before and between the foramina of the two first mandibular teeth lay in a transversal line (instead of curved in Stolokrosuchus); rounded premaxillaries much widened, more at the teeth 3–4 (instead of 4) beyond their basis and the anteriorly narrowed long rostrum. Wider and shorter rostrum with more space between the anterior maxillary teeth and relatively wider skull table with wider interorbital space and wider supratemporal fenestrae with respect to Stolokrosuchus. |
Measurements
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian | Algeria (Adrar) | Mesosuchia indet. (59578) | |
| Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian | Morocco (Errachidia) | E. sp. (230106) | |
| Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian | Niger (Agadez) | E. sp. (25221) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) | E. cherifiensis (60002 87164) Thoracosaurus cherifiensis (59771) |