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Sarcosuchus imperator
Taxonomy
Sarcosuchus imperator was named by de Broin and Taquet (1966). Its type specimen is MNHN, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1966 | Sarcosuchus imperator de Broin and Taquet p. 2328 fig. 1 |
1977 | Sarcosuchus imperator Buffetaut and Taquet p. 2328 fig. 1 |
1982 | Sarcosuchus imperator Taquet p. 651 |
2001 | Sarcosuchus imperator Sereno et al. p. 1519 |
2012 | Sarcosuchus imperator Bronzati et al. |
2014 | Sarcosuchus imperator Sertich and O'Connor |
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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.
†Sarcosuchus imperator de Broin and Taquet 1966
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015 |
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 122.46000 to 109.00000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Early/Lower Berriasian - Late/Upper Albian | Algeria (Adrar) | Crocodylia indet. (25139) | |
Aptian | Niger (Agadez) | Sarcosuchus imperator (37200) | |
Aptian - Albian | Niger (Agadez) | Crocodylia indet. (25355) | |
Late/Upper Aptian | Niger (Agadez) | Sarcosuchus imperator (77189) | |
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian | Tunisia (Tataouine) | Crocodylia indet. (25200) | |
Albian | Tunisia (Tataouine) | Crocodylia indet. (25363) |