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Riojasuchus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Riojasuchus was named by Bonaparte (1969). Its type is Riojasuchus tenuisceps. It was considered monophyletic by Nesbitt (2011).

It was assigned to Ornithosuchidae by Bonaparte (1975), Carroll (1988), Benton (1990), Sereno (1991) and Parrish (1993); and to Ornithosuchidae by Nesbitt (2011) and Von Baczko and Ezcurra (2013).

Species
R. tenuisceps (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Riojasuchus Bonaparte p. 296 figs. 10-11
1975Riojasuchus Bonaparte
1988Riojasuchus Carroll
1990Riojasuchus Benton p. 17
1991Riojasuchus Sereno p. 33
1993Riojasuchus Parrish p. 294 fig. 5
2011Riojasuchus Nesbitt pp. 22, 194 fig. 51
2013Riojasuchus Von Baczko and 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
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—Ornithosuchidae(Huene 1908)
genusRiojasuchus

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.

G. †Riojasuchus Bonaparte 1969
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†Riojasuchus tenuisceps Bonaparte 1969
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: Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Norian or 228.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5Argentina (La Rioja) R. tenuisceps (105691)