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Mourasuchus arendsi

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Mourasuchus arendsi was named by Bocquentin Villanueva (1984). Its type specimen is CIAAP 1297, a partial skeleton (Skull and presacral vertebrae), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Corralito Locality, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in the Urumaco Formation of Venezuela.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Mourasuchus arendsi Bocquentin Villanueva
1985Carandaisuchus nativus Gasparini
1990Mourasuchus nativus Bocquentin and Souza Filho
1997Mourasuchus nativus Langston and Gasparini
2010Mourasuchus arendsi Riff et al.
2010Mourasuchus nativus Riff et al.
2015Mourasuchus arendsi Tineo et al.
2015Mourasuchus nativus Tineo et al.
2019Mourasuchus arendsi Cidade et al.
2020Mourasuchus arendsi Cidade et al.

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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)
—Caimaninae
genusMourasuchusPrice 1964
speciesarendsi

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.

†Mourasuchus arendsi Bocquentin Villanueva 1984
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Invalid names: Mourasuchus nativus Gasparini 1985 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoreuc
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:59
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:59
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Huayquerian to the top of the Tortonian or 8.00000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.97 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcón) Mourasuchus arendsi (211915)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Brazil (Acre) Mourasuchus nativus (55602 136717)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcón) Mourasuchus arendsi (type locality: 63520)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela Mourasuchus arendsi (181308)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Bolivia (Pando) Mourasuchus arendsi (68795)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) Mourasuchus nativus (143518 147463)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (Entre Rios) Carandaisuchus nativus (55600)