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Pedeticosaurus

Reptilia

Taxonomy

Pedeticosaurus was named by Van Hoepen (1915). Its type is Pedeticosaurus leviseuri. It is the type genus of Pedeticosauridae.

It was assigned to Ornithosuchidae by Huene (1922); to Erpetosuchidae by Nopcsa (1928); to Sphenosuchidae by Huene (1942); to Notochampsidae by Haughton (1924) and Ellenberger (1970); to Pedeticosauridae by Van Hoepen (1915), Charig (1967) and Walker (1970); to Protosuchidae by Carroll (1988); and to Crocodylomorpha by Irmis et al. (2013).

Species

P. leviseuri (type species)

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1915	Pedeticosaurus Van Hoepen p. 86
1922	Pedeticossaurus Huene p. 22
1924	Pedeticosaurus Haughton
1928	Pedeticosaurus Nopcsa p. 186
1942	Pedeticosaurus Huene p. 244
1967	Pedeticosaurus Charig p. 709
1970	Pedeticosaurus Ellenberger p. 349
1970	Pedeticosaurus Walker p. 369
1988	Pedeticosaurus Carroll
2013	Pedeticosaurus Irmis et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota

Rank	Name	Author
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
—	Pseudosuchia	(Zittel 1890)
—	Suchia	Krebs 1974
—	Paracrocodylomorpha
—	Loricata	(Merrem 1820)
—	Crocodylomorpha	()
genus	Pedeticosaurus	Van Hoepen 1915

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. †Pedeticosaurus Van Hoepen 1915

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†Pedeticosaurus leviseuri Van Hoepen 1915

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, Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983

Age range: Sinemurian or 199.30000 to 190.80000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Sinemurian	199.3 - 190.8	South Africa (Free State)	P. leviseuri (36851)