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Cricosaurus

Reptilia - Metriorhynchidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Neustosaurus Raspail
1845Neustosaurus Meyer p. 281
1858Cricosaurus Wagner
1883Enaliosuchus Koken
1928Neustosaurus Piveteau
1988Enaliosuchus Carroll
2000Enaliosuchus Hua et al. p. 472
2002Cricosaurus Sepkoski
2002Enaliosuchus Sepkoski
2009Enaliosuchus Jouve
2010Cricosaurus Young et al. pp. 851-852
2011Cricosaurus Cau and Fanti p. 558 fig. 6
2012Cricosaurus Bronzati et al.
2013Cricosaurus Buchy et al.
2013Cricosaurus Young fig. 6
2013Cricosaurus Young et al.
2015Cricosaurus Parrilla-Bel and Canudo
2019Cricosaurus Sachs et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
SuchiaKrebs 1974
Paracrocodylomorpha
Loricata(Merrem 1820)
Crocodylomorpha()
Thalattosuchia()
familyMetriorhynchidaeFitzinger 1843
subfamilyMetriorhynchinae
tribeRhacheosauriniYoung et al. 2011
genusCricosaurusWagner 1858

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. †Cricosaurus Wagner 1858
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Cricosaurus albersdoerferi Sachs et al. 2021
Cricosaurus araucanensis Gasparini and Dellape 1976
Cricosaurus bambergensis Sachs et al. 2019
Cricosaurus elegans Wagner 1852
Cricosaurus gracilis Phillips 1871
Cricosaurus lithographicus Herrera et al. 2013
Cricosaurus mexicanus Wieland 1910
Cricosaurus puelchorum Herrera et al. 2021
Cricosaurus rauhuti Herrera et al. 2021
Cricosaurus saltillensis Buchy et al. 2006
Cricosaurus schroderi Kuhn 1936
Cricosaurus schroederi Kühn 1936
Cricosaurus suevicus Fraas 1901
Cricosaurus vignaudi Frey et al. 2002
Invalid names: Enaliosuchus Koken 1883 [synonym], Neustosaurus Raspail 1842 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. T. Young et al. 2010Metriorhynchid thalattosuchian with procumbent teeth, with little to no lateromedial compression; cranial bones smooth, and lacking conspicuous ornamentation; an acute angle is formed by the lateral and medial processes of the frontal; the dorsal margin of the supratemporal arcade is lower than the medial process of the frontal; the eyes are as large as the supratemporal fenestra; the surangular and angular are well-developed, extending rostrally beyond the orbits; the symphysial part of the mandible is low, only about 15-mm high; the lateral margin of the prefrontals is rounded; the external nares are bifurcated by the premaxillary septum and terminate at the end of the second maxillary alveoli; the humerus deltopectoral crest is absent; the calcaneum tuber is either absent or vestigial; the proximal end of metatarsal I is greatly enlarged.