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Gracilisuchus stipanicicorum

Reptilia - Gracilisuchidae

Taxonomy
Gracilisuchus stipanicicorum was named by Romer (1972). It is not extant. Its type specimen is MLP 64-XI-14-11. Its type locality is Chañares River, 2 km north, which is in a Ladinian fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Chañares Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Gracilisuchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Gracilisuchus stipanicicorum Romer pp. 1-3 figs. 1-9
1993Gracilisuchus stipanicicorum Parrish p. 301
2011Gracilisuchus stipanicicorum Nesbitt p. 19
2014Gracilisuchus stipanicicorum Butler et al.
2014Gracilisuchus stipanicicorum Sertich and O'Connor

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
familyGracilisuchidae
genusGracilisuchus
speciesstipanicicorum

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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:45
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983

Age range: Ladinian or 242.00000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Argentina (La Rioja) Gracilisuchus stipanicicorum (26092 type locality: 60293)