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Apatosuchus orbitoangulatus

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Taxonomy
Halticosaurus orbitoangulatus was named by Huene (1932). Its type specimen is SMNS 12353b, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Burrer Quarry, Pfaffenhofen, which is in an Alaunian terrestrial sandstone/marl in the Löwenstein Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Apatosuchus orbitoangulatus by Sues and Schoch (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Halticosaurus orbitoangulatus Huene p. 42 figs. Pl. 1:2-5
1938Halticosaurus orbitoangulatus Berckhemer p. 195
1938Halticosaurus orbitoangulatus Schmidt p. 73
1939Halticosaurus orbitoangulatus Kuhn p. 38
1970Halticosaurus orbitoangulatus Steel p. 9
1971Halticosaurus orbitoangulatus Kuhn p. 15
1984Halticosaurus orbitoangulatus Welles p. 166
2000Halticosaurus orbitoangulatus Rauhut and Hungerbühler
2013Apatosuchus orbitoangulatus Sues and Schoch

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
SuchiaKrebs 1974
Paracrocodylomorpha
Loricata(Merrem 1820)
genusApatosuchus
speciesorbitoangulatus()

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available