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Crurotarsi

Reptilia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Crurotarsi Sereno and Arcucci p. 39 fig. 7
1991Crurotarsi Sereno p. 26
1993Crurotarsi Parrish p. 290 fig. 1
1995Crurotarsi Long and Murry
2007Crurotarsi Karl p. 59
2011Crurotarsi Nesbitt p. 192 fig. 51

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Crurotarsi
Crurotarsi

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.

Unr. †Crurotarsi Sereno and Arcucci 1990
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G. †Euscolosuchus Sues 1992
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Euscolosuchus olseni Sues 1992
Invalid names: Crocodylotarsi Benton and Clark 1988 [empty], Ornithosuchia Huene 1908 [empty]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. J. Nesbitt 2011The least inclusive clade containing Rutiodon carolinensis Emmons, 1856, and Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti, 1768 (new).
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Tuvalian to the top of the Rhaetian or 232.00000 to 201.30000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 228.0 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0USA (Virginia) Archosauria indet. (39159)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5Italy (Friuli-Venezia Giulia) Crocodylotarsi indet. (101503)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (New Mexico) Crocodylotarsi indet. (48516 93584 93585 93590 93607)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3United Kingdom (England) Phytosaurus sp. (106515)