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Archosaurus
Taxonomy
Archosaurus was named by Tatarinov (1960). Its type is Archosaurus rossicus.
It was assigned to Proterosuchidae by Kuhn (1964), Charig (1967), Charig and Reig (1970), Cruickshank (1972), Charig and Sues (1976), Cruickshank (1978), Carroll (1988), Benton (1990), Gower and Sennikov (2000), Ezcurra et al. (2014) and Ezcurra (2016).
It was assigned to Proterosuchidae by Kuhn (1964), Charig (1967), Charig and Reig (1970), Cruickshank (1972), Charig and Sues (1976), Cruickshank (1978), Carroll (1988), Benton (1990), Gower and Sennikov (2000), Ezcurra et al. (2014) and Ezcurra (2016).
Species
A. rossicus (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1960 | Archosaurus Tatarinov |
| 1964 | Archosaurus Kuhn p. 320 |
| 1967 | Archosaurus Charig p. 708 |
| 1970 | Archosaurus Charig and Reig p. 165 |
| 1972 | Archosaurus Cruickshank p. 116 |
| 1976 | Archosaurus Charig and Sues p. 16 |
| 1978 | Archosaurus Cruickshank |
| 1988 | Archosaurus Carroll |
| 1990 | Archosaurus Benton p. 15 |
| 2000 | Archosaurus Gower and Sennikov p. 142 fig. 8.2 |
| 2014 | Archosaurus Ezcurra et al. |
| 2016 | Archosaurus Ezcurra |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Vyatkian or 259.51000 to 257.40000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Vyatkian | Russian Federation (Nizhnii Novgorod) | A. sp. (86356) | |
| Vyatkian | Russian Federation (Vladimir) | A. rossicus (189402) A. sp., A. rossicus (86346) |