Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Apatosuchus orbitoangulatus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Halticosaurus orbitoangulatus was named by Huene (1932). Its type specimen is SMNS 12353b, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Burrer Quarry, Pfaffenhofen, which is in an Alaunian terrestrial sandstone/marl in the Löwenstein Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Apatosuchus orbitoangulatus by Sues and Schoch (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Halticosaurus orbitoangulatus Huene p. 42
1938Halticosaurus orbitoangulatus Berckhemer p. 195
1938Halticosaurus orbitoangulatus Schmidt p. 73
1939Halticosaurus orbitoangulatus Kuhn p. 38
1970Halticosaurus orbitoangulatus Steel p. 9
1971Halticosaurus orbitoangulatus Kuhn p. 15
1984Halticosaurus orbitoangulatus Welles p. 166
2000Halticosaurus orbitoangulatus Rauhut and Hungerbühler
2013Apatosuchus orbitoangulatus Sues and Schoch

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
RankNameAuthor
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
genusApatosuchus
speciesorbitoangulatus()

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.

show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Alaunian or 215.56000 to 212.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Halticosaurus orbitoangulatus (47800)