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Hoplosuchus kayi

Osteichthyes - Protosuchidae

Taxonomy
Hoplosuchus kayi was named by Gilmore (1926). Its type specimen is CM 11361, a skeleton (Nearly complete articulated specimen), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dinosaur National Monument Quarry (CM), which is in a Tithonian coarse channel fill sandstone in the Morrison Formation of Utah. It is the type species of Hoplosuchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Hoplosuchus kayi Gilmore
1930Hoplosuchus kayi Hay p. 139
1949Hoplosuchus kayi Stokes p. 9

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
—Solidocrania
suborderCrocodyliformes
familyProtosuchidae
genusHoplosuchus
specieskayi

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.

†Hoplosuchus kayi Gilmore 1926
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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, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983

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 - 145.06USA (Utah) Hoplosuchus kayi (type locality: 21852)