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Smilosuchus

Osteichthyes - Parasuchidae

Taxonomy
Smilosuchus was named by Long and Murry (1995). It was considered monophyletic by Nesbitt (2011).

It was synonymized subjectively with Leptosuchus by Irmis (2005).

It was assigned to Rutiodontinae by Long and Murry (1995); to Phytosauria by Nesbitt (2011); and to Leptosuchomorpha by Stocker (2010), Stocker and Butler (2013), Kammerer et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Smilosuchus Long and Murry
2010Smilosuchus Stocker p. supplement
2011Smilosuchus Nesbitt p. 193 fig. 51
2013Smilosuchus Stocker and Butler
2016Smilosuchus Kammerer et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
RankNameAuthor
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—Phytosauria(Jaeger 1828)
familyParasuchidaeLydekker 1885
subfamilyMystriosuchinaevon Huene 1915
—Leptosuchomorpha
genusSmilosuchus

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. †Smilosuchus Long and Murry 1995
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Invalid names: Machaeroprosopus zunii Camp 1930 [synonym]
†Smilosuchus gregorii Camp 1930
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:18
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:18
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Carnian to the top of the Norian or 237.00000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 227.3USA (Texas) S. gregorii (84271)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 205.7USA (Texas) S. gregorii (71982)
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (Arizona) Leptosuchus adamanensis (39160 92322 92819 92929 93109 93132 93230 93364 93541) Machaeroprosopus adamanensis (93123) Machaeroprosopus gregorii (93362 93547) Machaeroprosopus lithodendrorum (192008) Machaeroprosopus zunii (52499 92911) Rauisuchidae indet. (39219) Rutiodon adamanensis (84264) S. gregorii (93358 93363) S. sp. (92852)