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Cuyosuchus huenei

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Cuyosuchus huenei was named by Reig (1961). Its type specimen is MCNAM 2669, a partial skeleton (Incomplete postcranial skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bajada de la Obligacion, Cerro Bayo, which is in a Carnian/Norian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Cacheuta Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Cuyosuchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Cuyosuchus huenei Reig
1976Cuyosuchus huenei Charig and Sues p. 36
2002Cuyosuchus huenei Desojo et al.
2016Cuyosuchus huenei Ezcurra

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
genusCuyosuchusReig 1961
specieshueneiReig 1961

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.

†Cuyosuchus huenei Reig 1961
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Carnian to the top of the Norian or 237.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5Argentina (Mendoza) Cuyosuchus huenei (type locality: 182589)