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Anthracosuchus balrogus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Anthracosuchus balrogus was named by Hastings et al. (2015). Its type specimen is UF/IGM 67, a partial skeleton (Nearly complete skull, 7 vertebrae and 9 ribs), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cerrejón Coal Mine (clay layer below Coal Seam 90), which is in a Paleocene/Paleocene floodplain claystone/lignite in the Cerrejón Formation of Colombia. It is the type species of Anthracosuchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Anthracosuchus balrogus Hastings et al.

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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
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
—Solidocrania
suborderCrocodyliformes
—MesoeucrocodyliaWhetstone and Whybrow 1983
—NeosuchiaClark 1988
—Coelognathosuchia()
—Tethysuchia()
—Dyrosauroidea
—Dyrosauridae()
genusAnthracosuchus
speciesbalrogus

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.

†Anthracosuchus balrogus Hastings et al. 2015
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available