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Asiatosuchus nanlingensis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Asiatosuchus nanlingensis was named by Young (1964). Its type specimen is IVPP V.2773, a partial skeleton (Posterior parts of lower jaws, few vertebrae and fragments of limb bones), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hukou, Nanhsiung (field no. 6228), which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial claystone in the Nongshan Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Asiatosuchus nanlingensis Young p. 199
1998Asiatosuchus nanlingensis Angielczyk and Gingerich
2016Asiatosuchus nanlingensis Wang et al.
2018Asiatosuchus nanlingensis Wu 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
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
—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
suborderEusuchiaHuxley 1875
—Crocodylia(Owen 1842)
—LongirostresCuvier
—Crocodyloidea(Deraniyagala 1939)
genusAsiatosuchus
speciesnanlingensis

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
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983

Age range: Tiffanian or 61.70000 to 56.80000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8China (Guangdong) Asiatosuchus nanlingensis (type locality: 123371 123372 123373 123374)