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Jaxtasuchus salomoni

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Jaxtasuchus salomoni was named by Schoch and Sues (2014). Its type specimen is SMNS 91352A–C, a partial skeleton (mostly articulated skeleton lacking the skull and cervical vertebrae, recovered as several blocks), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vellberg-Eschenau, which is in a Longobardian estuary/bay claystone in the Erfurt Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Jaxtasuchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Jaxtasuchus salomoni Schoch and Sues figs. 2-7
2016Jaxtasuchus salomoni Ezcurra

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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
RankNameAuthor
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
ProterochampsiaKischlat 2000
Doswelliidae()
genusJaxtasuchus
speciessalomoni

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.

Jaxtasuchus salomoni Schoch and Sues 2014
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Longobardian or 242.00000 to 235.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Jaxtasuchus salomoni (101873 type locality: 101875 106352 145501)