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Metasuchia (disused)
Taxonomy
Metasuchia was named by Benton and Clark (1988). It was considered monophyletic by Schwarz-Wings et al. (2011).
It was reranked as the suborder Metasuchia by Schwarz-Wings et al. (2011).
It was assigned to Mesoeucrocodylia by Sereno et al. (2001), Sereno and Larsson (2009) and Andrade et al. (2011); and to Crocodyliformes by Schwarz-Wings et al. (2011).
It was reranked as the suborder Metasuchia by Schwarz-Wings et al. (2011).
It was assigned to Mesoeucrocodylia by Sereno et al. (2001), Sereno and Larsson (2009) and Andrade et al. (2011); and to Crocodyliformes by Schwarz-Wings et al. (2011).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1988 | Metasuchia Benton and Clark |
| 2001 | Metasuchia Sereno et al. p. 1518 |
| 2009 | Metasuchia Sereno and Larsson p. 8 |
| 2011 | Metasuchia Andrade et al. |
| 2011 | Metasuchia Schwarz-Wings et al. |
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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.
Subor. †Metasuchia Benton and Clark 1988
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983 | |||||
Age range: Pliensbachian or 190.80000 to 182.70000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Pliensbachian | Mexico (Tamaulipas) | Metasuchia indet. (28212) |