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Thecachampsa

Reptilia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1867Thecachampsa Cope
1871Thecachampsa Cope p. 235
1872Thecachampsa Cope p. 17
1904Thecachampsa Case p. 64
2001Thecachampsa Myrick p. 223
2007Thecachampsa Piras et al.
2017Thecachampsa Hastings and Dooley p. 83
2021Thecachampsa Rio and Mannion

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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
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
—Solidocrania
suborderCrocodyliformes
—MesoeucrocodyliaWhetstone and Whybrow 1983
—NeosuchiaClark 1988
suborderEusuchiaHuxley 1875
—Crocodylia(Owen 1842)
—LongirostresCuvier
—Gavialoidea(Brochu 1997)
genusThecachampsaCope 1867

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. †Thecachampsa Cope 1867
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†Thecachampsa antiquus Leidy 1852
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Invalid names: Thecachampsa contusor Cope 1867 [synonym]
†Thecachampsa carolinensis Erickson and Sawyer 1996
†Thecachampsa minor Marsh 1870
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†Gavialosuchus americana lusitanica Vianna and Moraes 1945
Invalid names: Megalodelphis magnidens Kellogg 1944 [synonym], Thecachampsa sicaria Cope 1869 [synonym], Tomistoma americana Sellards 1915 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoreuc
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:59
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:59
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Rancholabrean or 58.70000 to 0.01200 Ma

Collections (39 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Maryland) T. sericodon, T. marylandica (84045) T. sp. (124191)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Virginia) T. contusor (84048)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Maryland) T. marylandica (126866)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (South Carolina) Gavialosuchus carolinensis (144261)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (South Carolina) Gavialosuchus americanus (144203) Gavialosuchus carolinensis (144263)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (South Carolina) Gavialosuchus carolinensis (60443 97550 144260 144262)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Portugal (Lisbon) Gavialosuchus americanus (36626 36628 36631 36632)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (New Jersey) T. sericodon (18587)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Virginia) Gavialosuchus antiquus (28368) T. sericodon (79793)
MN 5 - MN 615.97 - 12.75Portugal Gavialosuchus americanus (65912)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Venezuela (Falcon) T. sp. 2 (147466)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Venezuela (Falcón) T. sp. (63519)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Virginia) T. antiqua, T. sp. (57700) T. antiquus (126605) T. sericodon, T. antiquus (187324)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Maryland) Gavialosuchus antiquus (71819) T. sericodon, T. contusor (55396) T. sicaria (57782)
Early/Lower Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Florida) Gavialosuchus americanus (161374)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Florida) Gavialosuchus americanus (18554)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Florida) Megalodelphis magnidens (45469) Tomistoma americana (45452)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6USA (florida) Gavialosuchus americanus (144200)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6USA (Florida) Gavialosuchus americanus (144202)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Florida) Gavialosuchus americana (18560)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Costa Rica (Puntarenas) Gavialosuchus americana (144596)
early Early Hemphillian - late Early Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Florida) Gavialosuchus americana (18539) Gavialosuchus americanus (154221)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) T. antiqua (18550)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (South Carolina) Gavialosuchus americanus (79757)