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Protosuchus richardsoni
Taxonomy
Archaeosuchus richardsoni was named by Brown (1933). Its type specimen is AMNH 3024, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Protosuchus holotype, Dinosaur Canyon, NE of Cameron, which is in a Rhaetian/Hettangian terrestrial sandstone in the Moenave Formation of Arizona.
It was recombined as Protosuchus richardsoni by Brown (1934), Colbert and Mook (1951), Charig (1967), Nesbitt (2011), Nascimento and Zaher (2011), Bronzati et al. (2012) and Sertich and O'Connor (2014).
It was recombined as Protosuchus richardsoni by Brown (1934), Colbert and Mook (1951), Charig (1967), Nesbitt (2011), Nascimento and Zaher (2011), Bronzati et al. (2012) and Sertich and O'Connor (2014).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1933 | Archaeosuchus richardsoni Brown p. 1 figs. 1-3 |
| 1934 | Protosuchus richardsoni Brown p. 80 |
| 1951 | Protosuchus richardsoni Colbert and Mook |
| 1967 | Protosuchus richardsoni Charig p. 705 |
| 2011 | Protosuchus richardsoni Nascimento and Zaher |
| 2011 | Protosuchus richardsoni Nesbitt p. 43 |
| 2012 | Protosuchus richardsoni Bronzati et al. |
| 2014 | Protosuchus richardsoni Sertich and O'Connor |
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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.
†Protosuchus richardsoni Brown 1933
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available