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Polonosuchus silesiacus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Teratosaurus silesiacus was named by Sulej (2005). Its type specimen is ZPAL Ab III 563, a partial skeleton (Partial skull and skeleton), and it is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Polonosuchus.

It was recombined as Polonosuchus silesiacus by Brusatte et al. (2009) and Nesbitt (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Teratosaurus silesiacus Sulej p. 79 figs. 1-4
2009Polonosuchus silesiacus Brusatte et al.
2011Polonosuchus silesiacus Nesbitt p. 37

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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
RankNameAuthor
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
SuchiaKrebs 1974
Paracrocodylomorpha
Loricata(Merrem 1820)
Rauisuchidae(Huene 1942)
genusPolonosuchus
speciessilesiacus()

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: 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, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Tuvalian or 232.00000 to 221.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5Poland (Opole) Teratosaurus sp. (61450)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5Poland (Opole) Teratosaurus sp. (61449)