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Mecistops

Reptilia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Mecistops Gray
2008Mecistops Jouve et al.
2018Mecistops Shirley et al.
2021Mecistops Hekkala et al.
2021Mecistops Rio and Mannion

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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
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
—Solidocrania
suborderCrocodyliformes
—MesoeucrocodyliaWhetstone and Whybrow 1983
—NeosuchiaClark 1988
suborderEusuchiaHuxley 1875
—Crocodylia(Owen 1842)
—LongirostresCuvier
—Crocodyloidea(Deraniyagala 1939)
—Crocodylidae(Cuvier 1807)
—Crocodylinae(Cuvier 1807)
genusMecistopsGray 1844

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. Mecistops Gray 1844
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†Mecistops nkondoensis Pickford 1994
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoreuc
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:59
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:59
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Pleistocene or 11.60800 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Kenya Crocodylus cataphractus (22241)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Uganda Crocodylus nkondoensis (22345 22376 22377 22423 145618)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Congo-Kinshasa (Orientale) M. cataphractus (149168)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya (Turkana District) M. sp. (21336)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Uganda Crocodylus nkondoensis (22265)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Kenya M. sp. (185323)