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Theriosuchus

Reptilia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Theriosuchus Owen
1958Theriosuchus Delair p. 63
1967Theriosuchus Joffe
1988Theriosuchus Buscalioni and Sanz
1988Theriosuchus Carroll
1990Theriosuchus Buscalioni and Sanz
1994Theriosuchus Wu et al.
1996Theriosuchus Wu et al.
1997Theriosuchus Thies et al.
2000Theriosuchus Ortega et al.
2004Theriosuchus Pol and Norell
2006Theriosuchus Karl et al.
2006Theriosuchus Turner
2006Theriosuchus Zaher et al.
2007Theriosuchus Larsson and Sues
2008Theriosuchus Fiorelli and Calvo
2010Theriosuchus Martin et al.
2011Theriosuchus Andrade et al.
2011Theriosuchus Lauprasert et al.
2011Theriosuchus Nascimento and Zaher
2012Theriosuchus Bronzati et al.
2014Theriosuchus Martin et al.
2014Theriosuchus Sertich and O'Connor
2016Theriosuchus Tennant et al.
2018Theriosuchus Foster p. 288
2022Theriosuchus Allain 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
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
—Solidocrania
suborderCrocodyliformes
—MesoeucrocodyliaWhetstone and Whybrow 1983
—NeosuchiaClark 1988
—Atoposauridae()
genusTheriosuchusOwen 1878

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. †Theriosuchus Owen 1878
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†Theriosuchus grandinaris Lauprasert et al. 2011
†Theriosuchus pusillus Owen 1878
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Invalid names: Oweniasuchus minor Owen 1879 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:39:01
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:39:01
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Bathonian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 167.70000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (42 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bajocian - Bathonian171.6 - 166.1United Kingdom (Scotland) T. sp. (165071)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1United Kingdom (Scotland) Atoposauridae indet. (139746)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Morocco (Figuig) T. sp. (176120)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7United Kingdom (England) Atoposauridae indet. (39075)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.2 - 152.1China (Xinjiang) Theriosuchidae indet. (47056)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Germany T. sp. (117200)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Germany (Niedersachsen) T. sp. (139540)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0USA (Wyoming) Goniopholis sp. (49636)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal (Lourinha) T. sp. (154213)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian155.7 - 145.0Portugal (Centro) T. sp. (38680)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian155.7 - 145.0Portugal (Lisboa) T. sp. (163145)
Tithonian - Berriasian152.1 - 139.8Thailand (Mukdahan) T. sp. (78978)
Tithonian - Berriasian152.1 - 139.8Thailand (Nong Bua Lum Phu) T. sp. (97764)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0France (Poitou-Charentes) T. pusillus (164377)
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian150.8 - 140.2Morocco (Figuig) Theriosuchus indet. (204936)
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian150.8 - 140.2France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais) T. sp. (92144 92145)
Early/Lower Berriasian145.0 - 140.2Denmark (Bornholm) T. sp. (83134)
Early/Lower Berriasian - Middle Berriasian145.0 - 140.2France (Poitou-Charentes) T. sp. (61930)
Early/Lower Berriasian - Middle Berriasian145.0 - 140.2United Kingdom (England) T. pusillus, Brachydectes minor (123310) T. sp. (28401)
Middle Berriasian145.0 - 140.2United Kingdom (England) T. sp. (52254)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8France (Poitou-Charentes) T. sp. (142093)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4United Kingdom (England) T. sp. (96621)
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Spain (Teruel) T. sp. (36378)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Spain (Aragón) Atoposauridae indet. (53921) T. sp. (28196 36368 59076 89262)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45Spain (Cuenca) T. sp. (61889)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45Thailand (Sakhan Nakhan) T. grandinaris (79489)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45Spain (Valenciana) T. sp. (61324 61327)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45Thailand (Udon Thani) T. sp. (116559)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France (Poitou-Charentes) Atoposauridae indet. (77229)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France T. sp. (156130)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon) T. sp. (138411)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Romania (Hunedoara) T. sp. (67817 67818 67819 163322)