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Almadasuchus figarii

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Almadasuchus figarii was named by Pol et al. (2013). Its type specimen is MPEF PV 3838 (undistorted posterior half of the skull, further isolated elements of skull and lower jaws, fragmentary postcranium) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Puesto Almada, 15 km north of the village of Cerro Cóndor, 30m above fish beds, which is in an Oxfordian fluvial sandstone in the Cañadón Calcáreo Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Almadasuchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Almadasuchus figarii Irmis et al.
2013Almadasuchus figarii Pol et al. figs. 1-3

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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
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
—Solidocrania
genusAlmadasuchus
speciesfigarii

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.

†Almadasuchus figarii Pol et al. 2013
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. Pol et al. 2013Basal crocodylomorph with the following autapomorphies: deep lateral notch on the upper temporal bar; postorbital forms 75% of the lateral margin of the supratemporal fenestra; squamosal otic shelf wider than long; deep vertical and subtriangular concavity on posterolateral part of the squamosal; large ovoid quadrate fenestra close to the quadratojugal suture; elongated pneumatopore on the ventral surface of the quadrate confluent with the lateral Eustachian openings; posttemporal fenestra transversely elongated and located close to the lateral margin of the supraoccipital.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:45
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983

Age range: Early/Lower Oxfordian or 161.20000 to 155.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Argentina (Chubut) Almadasuchus figarii (type locality: 140108)