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Mourasuchus atopus
Taxonomy
Nettosuchus atopus was named by Langston (1965). Its type specimen is UCMP 38012, a partial skeleton (Fragmentary skull and jaws and associated postcranial elements), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP Locality V-4523, which is in a Laventan terrestrial claystone in Colombia.
It was recombined as Mourasuchus atopus by Langston (1966), Bocquentin Villanueva (1984), Langston and Gasparini (1997), Riff et al. (2010) and Tineo et al. (2015).
It was recombined as Mourasuchus atopus by Langston (1966), Bocquentin Villanueva (1984), Langston and Gasparini (1997), Riff et al. (2010) and Tineo et al. (2015).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1965 | Nettosuchus atopus Langston p. 48 |
| 1966 | Mourasuchus atopus Langston |
| 1984 | Mourasuchus atopus Bocquentin Villanueva |
| 1997 | Mourasuchus atopus Langston and Gasparini |
| 2010 | Mourasuchus atopus Riff et al. |
| 2015 | Mourasuchus atopus Tineo et al. |
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†Mourasuchus atopus Langston 1965
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available