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Shuvosauridae

Reptilia - Shuvosauridae

Taxonomy
Shuvosauridae was named by Chatterjee (1993). Its type is Shuvosaurus. It was considered monophyletic by Nesbitt (2011).

It was reranked as the unranked clade Shuvosauridae by Nesbitt (2011).

It was assigned to Ornithomimosauria by Chatterjee (1993); to Poposauroidea by Nesbitt (2011); and to Suchia by Carrano (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Shuvosauridae Chatterjee p. 274
2011Shuvosauridae Nesbitt p. 199 fig. 51
2025Shuvosauridae Carrano

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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
familyShuvosauridae
familyShuvosauridae

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.

Fm. †Shuvosauridae Chatterjee 1993
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G. †Effigia Nesbitt and Norell 2006
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†Effigia okeeffeae Nesbitt and Norell 2006
G. †Shuvosaurus Chatterjee 1993
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†Shuvosaurus inexpectatus Chatterjee 1993
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Invalid names: Chatterjeea elegans Long and Murry 1995 [synonym]
Invalid names: Chatterjeea Long and Murry 1995 [synonym]
G. †Sillosuchus Alcober and Parrish 1997
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†Sillosuchus longicervix Alcober and Parrish 1997
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. J. Nesbitt 2011The least inclusive clade containing Shuvosaurus inexpectatus Chatterjee, 1993, and Sillosuchus longicervix Alcober and Parrish, 1997.
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Carnian to the top of the Rhaetian or 237.00000 to 201.30000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian - Carnian247.2 - 228.0Zambia (Eastern) Shuvosauridae indet. (151894)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0USA (Texas) Shuvosauridae indet. (84271)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Argentina (San Juan) Sillosuchus longicervix (90304)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5USA (Texas) Chatterjeea elegans (22706)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Texas) Shuvosauridae indet. (196354 218126 218144 218145) Shuvosaurus inexpectatus, Chatterjeea elegans (13273) Shuvosaurus sp. (196537)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (New Mexico) Chatterjeea sp. (93590) Reptilia indet., Poposaurus sp. (49499) Shuvosaurus inexpectatus (48516)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Arizona) Chatterjeea elegans (39160 48546 92850 93394 93432) Chatterjeea sp. (57685) Poposauridae indet. (53513) Postosuchus sp. (48423) Shuvosauridae indet., Chatterjeea sp. (84017)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3USA (New Mexico) Effigia okeeffeae (48422)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3USA (Arizona) Chatterjeea sp. (84014 84016) Postosuchus sp. (84009 84013) Shuvosauridae indet. (198618) Shuvosauridae indet., Chatterjeea sp. (84015)