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Dakosaurus maximus

Reptilia - Metriorhynchidae

Taxonomy
Geosaurus maximus was named by Plieninger (1846). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Dakosaurus, Geosaurus.

It was recombined as Liodon primaevum by Sauvage (1871); it was recombined as Dacosaurus primaevus by Sauvage (1873); it was recombined as Dakosaurus maximus by Quenstedt (1856), Quenstedt (1882), Swinton (1934), Delair (1958), Charig (1967), Young et al. (2010), Nascimento and Zaher (2011), Young et al. (2012), Bronzati et al. (2012), Young et al. (2013) and Young et al. (2014).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Geosaurus maximus Plieninger
1852Geosaurus maximus Quenstedt p. 113
1856Dakosaurus maximus Quenstedt p. 131
1869Dakosaurus lissocephalus Seeley p. 92
1871Megalosaurus schnaitheimii Bunzel p. 7
1871Liodon primaevum Sauvage
1873Dacosaurus primaevus Sauvage p. 385
1882Dakosaurus maximus Quenstedt p. 182
1885Megalosaurus gracilis Douvillé p. 441
1885Dakosaurus gracilis Quenstedt
1887Megalosaurus gracilis Douvillé p. 96
1934Dakosaurus maximus Swinton p. 27
1958Dakosaurus maximus Delair p. 59
1967Dakosaurus maximus Charig p. 710
2010Dakosaurus lissocephalus Young et al. p. 859
2010Dakosaurus maximus Young et al. p. 859
2011Dakosaurus maximus Nascimento and Zaher
2012Dakosaurus maximus Bronzati et al.
2012Dakosaurus maximus Young et al.
2013Dakosaurus maximus Young et al.
2014Dakosaurus maximus Young 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()
—Thalattosuchia()
familyMetriorhynchidaeFitzinger 1843
subfamilyGeosaurinaeLydekker 1889
genusDakosaurusQuenstedt 1856
speciesmaximus(Plieninger 1846)

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.

†Dakosaurus maximus Plieninger 1846
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Invalid names: Dakosaurus gracilis Quenstedt 1885 [synonym], Dakosaurus lissocephalus Seeley 1869 [synonym], Megalosaurus schnaitheimii Bunzel 1871 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitesubo
Environment: marinesubo
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: nektonicsubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-07-23 01:12:29
Modified: 2009-07-23 03:12:29
Source: subo = suborder
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 155.70000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Dakosaurus maximus (93216)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Germany (Bavaria) Dakosaurus maximus (207479)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1United Kingdom (england) Dakosaurus maximus (type locality: 144398)
Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian157.3 - 145.0United Kingdom (England) Dakosaurus maximus (156363)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8United Kingdom (England) Dakosaurus maximus, Dakosaurus lissocephalus (119508)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Dakosaurus maximus (41817 154138) Dakosaurus maximus, Megalosaurus sp. (89120)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Switzerland (Solothurn) Dakosaurus maximus (133662)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Bayern) Dakosaurus maximus (59175 130048)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais) Dakosaurus maximus (94534)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany Dakosaurus maximus (74069)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Germany (Franconia) Dakosaurus maximus (24523)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bayern) Dakosaurus maximus (53039 105541 152901)