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Cricosaurus gracilis

Osteichthyes - Metriorhynchidae

Taxonomy
Steneosaurus gracilis was named by Phillips (1871). Its type specimen is OXFUM J.1431, a partial skull (skull encased in matrix, lacking snout), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Metriorhynchus gracile by Woodward (1885); it was recombined as Cricosaurus gracilis by Young and Andrade (2009), Bronzati et al. (2012), Parrilla-Bel and Canudo (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Steneosaurus gracilis Phillips pp. 360, 361, 384-388 figs. CLXXXVIII, CLXXXIX
1885Metriorhynchus gracile Woodward
2009Cricosaurus gracilis Young and Andrade
2012Cricosaurus gracilis Bronzati et al.
2015Cricosaurus gracilis Parrilla-Bel and Canudo

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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()
infraorderThalattosuchia()
—Neothalattosuchia
superfamilyMetriorhynchoideaYoung et al. 2010
—Euthalattosuchia
familyMetriorhynchidaeFitzinger 1843
subfamilyMetriorhynchinae
tribeRhacheosauriniYoung et al. 2011
genusCricosaurusWagner 1858
speciesgracilis()

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.

†Cricosaurus gracilis Phillips 1871
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitesubo
Environment: marinesubo
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: nektonicsubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-07-23 01:12:29
Modified: 2009-07-23 03:12:29
Source: subo = suborder
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Tithonian or 149.20000 to 145.06000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bayern) Cricosaurus gracilis (132062)