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Sokotosuchus ianwilsoni

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Sokotosuchus ianwilsoni was named by Halstead (1975). Its type specimen is University of Ife, Natural History Museum, P.1, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gilbedi Hills, Rima River, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial shale in the Dukamaje Formation of Nigeria.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Sokotosuchus ianwilsoni Halstead p. 102 figs. 1-2
2012Sokotosuchus ianwilsoni Bronzati 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
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
—Solidocrania
suborderCrocodyliformes
—MesoeucrocodyliaWhetstone and Whybrow 1983
—NeosuchiaClark 1988
—Coelognathosuchia()
—Tethysuchia()
—Dyrosauroidea
—Dyrosauridae()
—Phosphatosaurinae(Buffetaut 1979)
genusSokotosuchus
speciesianwilsoni

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.

†Sokotosuchus ianwilsoni Halstead 1975
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. B. Halstead 1975As for genus.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:39:01
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:39:01
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Nigeria (Sokoto) Sokotosuchus ianwilsoni (type locality: 82229)