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Nominosuchus matutinus

Osteichthyes - Shartegosuchidae

Taxonomy
Nominosuchus matutinus was named by Efimov (1996). Its type specimen is PIN 4174/4, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 3.2 km south of Ulan Malgait Mtn. [Ulan Malgait Fm.] [SMPE], which is in a Tithonian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Ulan Malgait Formation of Mongolia. It is the type species of Nominosuchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Nominosuchus matutinus Efimov p. 307 fig. 3
2000Nominosuchus matutinus Storrs and Efimov p. 403

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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
—Shartegosuchoidea
familyShartegosuchidaeEfimov 1988
genusNominosuchus
speciesmatutinus

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.

†Nominosuchus matutinus Efimov 1996
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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: Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: Tithonian or 149.20000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Mongolia (Govi-Altay) Nominosuchus matutinus (type locality: 179184)