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Montsecosuchus depereti

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Alligatorium depereti was named by Vidal (1915). Its type specimen is MGB-512 and 597, a partial skeleton (Nearly complete skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is La Pedrera de Meià, El Montsec, which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large limestone in the La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation of Spain. It is the type species of Montsecosuchus.

It was recombined as Montsecosuchus depereti by Buscalioni and Sanz (1988), Bronzati et al. (2012) and Tennant et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Montsecosuchus depereti Buscalioni and Sanz
2012Montsecosuchus depereti Bronzati et al.
2016Montsecosuchus depereti Tennant et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
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
genusMontsecosuchus
speciesdepereti(Vidal 1915)

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.

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Diagnosis
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