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Leidyosuchus
Taxonomy
Leidyosuchus was named by Lambe (1907). It is not extant. Its type is Leidyosuchus canadensis. It is the type genus of Leidyosuchinae.
It was assigned to Eusuchia by Gilmore (1910); to Leidyosuchinae by Nopcsa (1928) and Mook (1962); to Crocodylinae by Estes (1964), Kuhn (1966), Estes and Berberian (1970), Erickson (1976), Estes (1976) and Bryant (1989); to Eusuchia by Wu et al. (1996); to Crocodylidae by Hay (1930), Schmidt (1938), Carroll (1988) and Peng et al. (2001); to Alligatoroidea by Pinheiro et al. (2013); to Neosuchia by Larsson and Sues (2007), Bronzati et al. (2012) and Sertich and O'Connor (2014); to Globidonta by Massonne et al. (2019); and to Alligatoroidea by Brochu (1997), Brochu (1999), Wu (2005), Osi et al. (2007), Martin and Buffetaut (2008), Jouve et al. (2008), Puértolas et al. (2011), Farke et al. (2014) and Rio and Mannion (2021).
It was assigned to Eusuchia by Gilmore (1910); to Leidyosuchinae by Nopcsa (1928) and Mook (1962); to Crocodylinae by Estes (1964), Kuhn (1966), Estes and Berberian (1970), Erickson (1976), Estes (1976) and Bryant (1989); to Eusuchia by Wu et al. (1996); to Crocodylidae by Hay (1930), Schmidt (1938), Carroll (1988) and Peng et al. (2001); to Alligatoroidea by Pinheiro et al. (2013); to Neosuchia by Larsson and Sues (2007), Bronzati et al. (2012) and Sertich and O'Connor (2014); to Globidonta by Massonne et al. (2019); and to Alligatoroidea by Brochu (1997), Brochu (1999), Wu (2005), Osi et al. (2007), Martin and Buffetaut (2008), Jouve et al. (2008), Puértolas et al. (2011), Farke et al. (2014) and Rio and Mannion (2021).
Species
L. canadensis (syn. L. gilmorei) (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1907 | Leidyosuchus Lambe p. 221 figs. Pl. 1-5 |
| 1910 | Leidyosuchus Gilmore p. 500 |
| 1928 | Leidyosuchus Nopcsa p. 187 |
| 1930 | Leidyosuchus Hay p. 155 |
| 1938 | Leidyosuchus Schmidt p. 318 |
| 1962 | Leidyosuchus Mook p. 5 |
| 1964 | Leidyosuchus Estes p. 141 |
| 1966 | Leidyosuchus Kuhn p. 88 |
| 1970 | Leidyosuchus Estes and Berberian p. 6 |
| 1976 | Leidyosuchus Erickson |
| 1976 | Leidyosuchus Estes p. 512 |
| 1988 | Leidyosuchus Carroll |
| 1989 | Leidyosuchus Bryant p. 50 |
| 1996 | Leidyosuchus Wu et al. |
| 1997 | Leidyosuchus Brochu |
| 1999 | Leidyosuchus Brochu |
| 2001 | Leidyosuchus Peng et al. p. 32 |
| 2005 | Leidyosuchus Wu |
| 2007 | Leidyosuchus Larsson and Sues |
| 2007 | Leidyosuchus Osi et al. |
| 2008 | Leidyosuchus Jouve et al. |
| 2008 | Leidyosuchus Martin and Buffetaut |
| 2011 | Leidyosuchus Puértolas et al. |
| 2012 | Leidyosuchus Bronzati et al. |
| 2013 | Leidyosuchus Pinheiro et al. |
| 2014 | Leidyosuchus Farke et al. |
| 2014 | Leidyosuchus Sertich and O'Connor |
| 2019 | Leidyosuchus Massonne et al. |
| 2021 | Leidyosuchus 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. †Leidyosuchus Lambe 1907
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Campanian to the top of the Puercan or 83.50000 to 63.30000 Ma
Collections (47 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Santonian - Middle Campanian | USA (Missouri) | L. sp. (45679) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | USA (North Carolina) | L. sp. (106277) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Utah) | L. sp. (176982) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Canada (Alberta) | L. canadensis (22695 22696 22697 22698 34302 34303 34305 34307 34309 34310 34311 34312 34313 34315 34320 34321 34322 45238 45260 45261 45262 45264 47784 47793 47807 47811 47812 47814 47816 117848) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Mexico (Baja California) | L. sp. (197021) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (New Jersey) | L. sp. (167663) | |
| Middle Campanian | Canada (Alberta) | L. canadensis (45240 47794 47795 47809) | |
| Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | Canada (Alberta) | L. canadensis (100103) L. gilmorei (100094) L. sp. (116538) | |
| Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | L. sp. (229975) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Wyoming) | L. sp. (26760) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (South Dakota) | L. sp. (150892 150893) | |
| Puercan | USA (New Mexico) | L. sp. (84548) |