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Kayentasuchus walkeri

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Kayentasuchus walkeri was named by Clark and Sues (2002). Its type specimen is UCMP 131830, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Willow Springs 13, UCMP V87048, which is in a Sinemurian/Pliensbachian channel sandstone in the Kayenta Formation of Arizona.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Kayentasuchus walkeri Clark and Sues p. 82
2011Kayentasuchus walkeri Nesbitt p. 42
2012Kayentasuchus walkeri Bronzati et al.
2013Kayentasuchus walkeri Irmis 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)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
genusKayentasuchus
specieswalkeri

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.

†Kayentasuchus walkeri Clark and Sues 2002
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:45
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Sinemurian to the top of the Pliensbachian or 199.50000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sinemurian - Pliensbachian199.5 - 184.2USA (Arizona) Kayentasuchus walkeri (type locality: 98609)