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Phobosuchus riograndensis

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Phobosuchus riograndensis was named by Colbert and Bird (1954). Its type specimen is AMNH 3073, a partial skeleton (Partial premaxillae, maxillae, mandibles, dorsal vertebra, scapula, partial ilium, scutes), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is East of Fresno Creek, which is in a Campanian/Campanian floodplain claystone in the Aguja Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Deinosuchus riograndensis by Colbert and Baird (1954), Lucas et al. (2006), Rivera-Sylva et al. (2011), Carbot-Chanona (2014), Farke et al. (2014), Cossette and Brochu (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Deinosuchus riograndensis Colbert and Baird
1954Phobosuchus riograndensis Colbert and Bird
2006Deinosuchus riograndensis Lucas et al. pp. 245-246
2011Deinosuchus riograndensis Rivera-Sylva et al.
2014Deinosuchus riograndensis Carbot-Chanona p. 118
2014Deinosuchus riograndensis Farke et al.
2020Deinosuchus riograndensis Cossette and Brochu

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—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
suborderEusuchiaHuxley 1875
—Crocodylia(Owen 1842)
—Alligatoroidea(Gray 1844)
genusPhobosuchusHolland 1909
speciesriograndensis

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.

†Phobosuchus riograndensis Colbert and Bird 1954
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoreuc
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:59
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:59
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Campanian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Texas) Deinosuchus sp. (type locality: 36635)