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Allognathosuchus wartheni

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Allognathosuchus wartheni was named by Case (1925). Its type specimen is Geological Museum of the University of Michigan Number 8923, a partial skull (posterior portion of the skull, right maxillary region, greater part of the dentigerous region of both rami, and the articular region of the right ramus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tatman Mountain (UM crocodilian), which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the Willwood Formation of Wyoming.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. brevirostris, A. weigelti

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Allognathosuchus wartheni Case p. 93
1930Allognathosuchus wartheni Hay p. 155
1930Allognathosuchus wartheni Simpson p. 3
1999Allognathosuchus wartheni Brochu

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
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
suborderEusuchiaHuxley 1875
—Crocodylia(Owen 1842)
—Alligatoroidea(Gray 1844)
—Globidonta
—Alligatoridae(Gray 1844)
—Alligatorinae(Cuvier 1807)
genusAllognathosuchus
specieswartheni

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwaterg
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousg
Diet: carnivoreg
Created: 2005-09-23 11:52:31
Modified: 2005-09-23 13:52:31
Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Sullivan and Lucas 2003, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Clarkforkian or 55.80000 to 54.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Allognathosuchus wartheni (15114 15119 15208)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Allognathosuchus wartheni (type locality: 76067)