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Smilosuchus lithodendrorum

Reptilia - Parasuchidae

Taxonomy
Machaeroprosopus lithodendrorum was named by Camp (1930). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Alexander Wash, UCMP 7034, which is in a Norian terrestrial horizon in the Chinle Formation of Arizona.

It was synonymized subjectively with Leptosuchus crosbiensis by Long and Murry (1995); it was recombined as Smilosuchus lithodendrorum by Stocker and Butler (2013) and Parker et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Machaeroprosopus lithodendrorum Camp
2013Smilosuchus lithodendrorum Parker et al.
2013Smilosuchus lithodendrorum Stocker and Butler

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—Phytosauria(Jaeger 1828)
familyParasuchidaeLydekker 1885
subfamilyMystriosuchinaevon Huene 1915
—Leptosuchomorpha
genusSmilosuchus
specieslithodendrorum(Camp 1930)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available