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Sphenosuchus acutus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Sphenosuchus acutus was named by Haughton (1915). Its type specimen is SAM 3014, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sphenosuchus type, Paballong, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian terrestrial sandstone/mudstone in the Elliot Formation of South Africa. It is the type species of Sphenosuchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Sphenosuchus acutus Haughton p. 98 figs. 15-17
1922Sphenosuchus acutus Huene p. 22
1967Sphenosuchus acutus Charig p. 709
1990Sphenosuchus acutus Walker
2011Sphenosuchus acutus Nesbitt p. 40
2013Sphenosuchus acutus Irmis 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
RankNameAuthor
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
genusSphenosuchus
speciesacutus

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.

†Sphenosuchus acutus Haughton 1915
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available