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Cricosaurus suevicus

Reptilia - Metriorhynchidae

Taxonomy
Geosaurus suevicus was named by Fraas (1901). Its type specimen is SMNS 9808, a skeleton (complete skeleton preserved in limestone), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Cricosaurus suevicus by Young and Andrade (2009), Bronzati et al. (2012), Young et al. (2013) and Parrilla-Bel and Canudo (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Geosaurus suevicus Fraas p. 854
2009Cricosaurus suevicus Young and Andrade
2011Geosaurus suevicus Nascimento and Zaher
2012Cricosaurus suevicus Bronzati et al.
2013Cricosaurus suevicus Young et al.
2015Cricosaurus suevicus Parrilla-Bel and Canudo

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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
subfamilyMetriorhynchinae
tribeRhacheosauriniYoung et al. 2011
genusCricosaurusWagner 1858
speciessuevicus(Fraas 1901)

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.

†Cricosaurus suevicus Fraas 1901
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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: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 155.70000 to 150.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Cricosaurus suevicus (154138) Geosaurus suevicus, Cricosaurus suevicus (41817)