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Machimosaurus

Reptilia

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Machimosaurus Meyer p. 283
1938Simolestes nowackianus Huene pp. 370-376 fig. 1–2
1958Machimosaurus Delair p. 57
1967Machimosaurus Krebs p. 56
1982Machimosaurus Buffetaut
1988Machimosaurus Carroll
1999Machimosaurus Hua p. 144 figs. 1-2
2005Machimosaurus Mueller-Töwe
2006Machimosaurus Karl et al.
2009Machimosaurus Pierce et al. p. 1085
2012Machimosaurus Bronzati et al.
2013Machimosaurus Martin and Vincent
2013Machimosaurus Young fig. 6
2014Machimosaurus Young et al.
2014Machimosaurus nowackianus Young et al.
2016Machimosaurus Jouve 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
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
SuchiaKrebs 1974
Paracrocodylomorpha
Loricata(Merrem 1820)
Crocodylomorpha()
Thalattosuchia()
superfamilyTeleosauroideaSaint-Hilaire 1831
tribeMachimosaurini
genusMachimosaurus

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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Machimosaurus buffetauti Young et al. 2014
Machimosaurus hugii Meyer 1837
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Invalid names: Machimosaurus ferox Sauvage 1874 [synonym], Machimosaurus interruptus Sauvage 1874 [synonym], Steneosaurus hulkei Andrews 1913 [synonym]
Machimosaurus mosae Sauvage and Lienard 1879
Machimosaurus rex Fanti et al. 2016
Invalid names: Machimosaurus nowackianus Huene 1938 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitesubo
Environment: marinesubo
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: nektonicsubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-07-23 01:12:29
Modified: 2009-07-23 03:12:29
Source: subo = suborder
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Oxfordian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 163.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (44 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2United Kingdom (England) Steneosaurus hulkei (109800)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian163.5 - 152.1Ethiopia (Harari) M. sp. (163146)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France (Lorraine) M. sp. (163132)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Portugal (Centro) M. hugii (163133)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France (Basse-Normandie) M. hugii (74916)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Portugal (Algarve) M. hugii (163134)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Portugal (Centro) M. sp. (163135)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Switzerland M. sp. (131886)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal (Asturias) M. sp. (163137)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Spain (Asturias) M. hugii (84207)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1France (Normandy) M. hugii (154817)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Germany (Lower Saxony) M. hugii (136167) M. sp. (163140)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Poland (Zachodniopomorskie) M. sp. (163141)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Germany (Niedersachsen) M. hugii (149728)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal (Leiria) M. hugii (24563)
Kimmeridgian - Albian157.3 - 100.5Tunisia (Tataouine) M. sp. (224052)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Switzerland (Zug) M. hugii (132798)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) Steneosaurus edwardsi (154818)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France (Normandy) M. hugii (163139)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Neuffen) M. hugii (149578)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Crocodyliformes indet. (182492)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8United Kingdom (England) Steneosaurus manselii (26795)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France (Pas de Calais) M. mosae (132799)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France (Aquitaine) M. hugii (94532)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France (Meuse) M. mosae (132800)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Eastern Barvaria) M. sp. (187436)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais) M. ferox (94534) M. interruptus, M. ferox, M. hugii (67107)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal (Centro) M. hugii (163136)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian155.7 - 145.0Portugal (Centro) M. sp. (163143)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian155.7 - 145.0Portugal (Lisbon) M. sp. (163144)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian155.7 - 145.0Portugal (Lisboa) M. sp. (163145)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais) M. interruptus (53967 144342)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Spain (Valencia) M. sp. (120577)
Neocomian145.0 - 125.77Spain (Valenciana) M. sp. (159585)
Hauterivian - Barremian132.9 - 125.0Tunisia (Tataouine Governorate) M. rex (190013)
Hauterivian - Barremian132.9 - 125.0Tunisia (Tataouine) M. rex (175797) M. sp. (175798 175799)
Hauterivian - Aptian132.9 - 113.0Tunisia (Tataouine) M. sp. (116296)
Barremian - Albian129.4 - 100.5Tunisia (Medinine) M. sp. (166013)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Sudan (Ash Shamaliyah) M. sp. (38682)