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Gryposuchus
Taxonomy
Gryposuchus was named by Gürich (1912). Its type is Gryposuchus jessei.
It was assigned to Crocodylidae by Patterson (1936); to Gavialidae by Carroll (1988), Langston and Gasparini (1997), Kraus (1998) and Riff et al. (2010); to Gavialoidea by Brochu and Rincón (2004), Delfino et al. (2005), Jouve et al. (2006), Martin and Buffetaut (2008), Jouve et al. (2008) and Puértolas et al. (2011); and to Gryposuchinae by Vélez-Juarbe et al. (2007), Salas-Gismondi et al. (2016) and Rio and Mannion (2021).
It was assigned to Crocodylidae by Patterson (1936); to Gavialidae by Carroll (1988), Langston and Gasparini (1997), Kraus (1998) and Riff et al. (2010); to Gavialoidea by Brochu and Rincón (2004), Delfino et al. (2005), Jouve et al. (2006), Martin and Buffetaut (2008), Jouve et al. (2008) and Puértolas et al. (2011); and to Gryposuchinae by Vélez-Juarbe et al. (2007), Salas-Gismondi et al. (2016) and Rio and Mannion (2021).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1912 | Gryposuchus Gürich |
| 1936 | Gryposuchus Patterson |
| 1988 | Gryposuchus Carroll |
| 1997 | Gryposuchus Langston and Gasparini |
| 1998 | Gryposuchus Kraus p. 389 |
| 2004 | Gryposuchus Brochu and Rincón |
| 2005 | Gryposuchus Delfino et al. |
| 2006 | Gryposuchus Jouve et al. |
| 2007 | Gryposuchus Vélez-Juarbe et al. |
| 2008 | Gryposuchus Jouve et al. |
| 2008 | Gryposuchus Martin and Buffetaut |
| 2010 | Gryposuchus Riff et al. |
| 2011 | Gryposuchus Puértolas et al. |
| 2016 | Gryposuchus Salas-Gismondi et al. |
| 2021 | Gryposuchus Rio and Mannion |
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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.
G. †Gryposuchus Gürich 1912
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†Gryposuchus colombianus Langston 1965
†Gryposuchus croizati Riff and Aguilera 2008
†Gryposuchus jessei Gürich 1912
†Gryposuchus neogaeus Rusconi 1933
†Gryposuchus pachakamue Salas-Gismondi et al. 2016
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983 | |||||
Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Pleistocene or 20.44000 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (29 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eocene - Pliocene | Brazil (Amazonas) | G. jessei (217618) | |
| Burdigalian | Venezuela (Lara) | G. sp. (189440) | |
| Middle Miocene | Colombia | G. colombianus (13758) | |
| Middle Miocene | Peru (Maynas) | Gavialoidea indet. (166767 166768 166769) G. pachakamue (179000 179001) | |
| Serravallian | Peru (Maynas) | G. sp. (166770) | |
| Laventan | Peru | G. colombianus (107992) | |
| Laventan | Colombia (Tolima) | Gavialis colombianus (143780 143781) | |
| Laventan | Colombia | G. colombianus (13739 153822 153823 153824) | |
| Tortonian | Brazil (Acre) | G. sp., G. jessei (55602) | |
| Tortonian | Venezuela | G. pachakamue (200111) | |
| Tortonian | Brazil (Amazonas) | G. jessei (195449) | |
| Tortonian | Venezuela (Falcon) | G. croizati (136777) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Venezuela (Falcón) | G. jessei, G. croizati (63520) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Venezuela | G. croizati (92751) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Brazil (Acre) | G. sp. (136714) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Venezuela (Falcon) | G. croizati (136776 143321) G. sp. (147465) Thecachampsa sp. 2 (147464) | |
| Huayquerian | Argentina (Entre Rios) | G. neogaeus (55600) | |
| Pleistocene | Brazil (Acre) | G. sp. (65143) |