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Araripesuchus

Reptilia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Araripesuchus Price
1966Araripesuchus Kuhn p. 85
1981Araripesuchus Buffetaut
1988Araripesuchus Carroll
1989Araripesuchus Gauthier et al. p. 349
1999Araripesuchus Calvo p. 29
2000Araripesuchus Ortega et al.
2001Araripesuchus Sereno et al. p. 1518
2003Araripesuchus Martinelli
2003Araripesuchus Sereno et al.
2004Araripesuchus Carvalho et al. p. 988 fig. 7
2004Araripesuchus Pol and Norell
2005Araripesuchus Pol and Apesteguía p. 3
2006Araripesuchus Turner
2006Araripesuchus Zaher et al.
2007Araripesuchus Larsson and Sues
2008Araripesuchus Fiorelli and Calvo
2009Araripesuchus Sereno and Larsson p. 31
2010Araripesuchus Turner and Sertich
2011Araripesuchus Iori and Carvalho
2011Araripesuchus Nascimento and Zaher
2011Araripesuchus Soto et al.
2012Araripesuchus Bronzati et al.
2012Araripesuchus Pol et al.
2014Araripesuchus Pol et al.
2014Araripesuchus Sertich and O'Connor

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
SuchiaKrebs 1974
Paracrocodylomorpha
Loricata(Merrem 1820)
Crocodylomorpha()
Solidocrania
suborderCrocodyliformes
MesoeucrocodyliaWhetstone and Whybrow 1983
infraorderNotosuchiaGasparini 1971
genusAraripesuchus

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.

G. †Araripesuchus Price 1959
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Araripesuchus buitreraensis Pol and Apesteguía 2005
Araripesuchus gomesii Price 1959
Araripesuchus patagonicus Ortega et al. 2000
Araripesuchus rattoides Sereno and Larsson 2009
Araripesuchus wegeneri Buffetaut 1981
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
F. Ortega et al. 2000Araripesuchus gomesii Price, 1959.
Short-snouted mesoeucrocodylians with large orbits. Each orbit is dorsally covered by two palpebral bones (primitive condition). Palpebrals do not contact each other. Rostrum with a trapezoidal section, slightly wider than high. External surface of the rostrum lacking alveolar ornamentation (primitive condition). Paired external nares (primitive condition), laterally exposed and anteroposteriorly expanded (autapomorphy). Sharp anterior tip of the rostrum (autapomorphy), due to the morphology of the internarial bar and the lateral disposition of the external nares. Four premaxillary teeth. Tooth row with different dental morphologies: conical anterior maxillary teeth and low posterior teeth, anteroposteriorly expanded, and without denticles at the anterior and posterior carinae. Hypertrophied third maxillary tooth (derived condition shared by basal neosuchians). Medium-sized antorbital fenestrae, slightly larger than the foramen magnum. Flat skull table, with pitted external surface of parietal, frontal and squamosals (derived condition shared by Neosuchia). Posterior part of the squamosal bends posteriorly to reach the paraoccipital process (primitive condition). The supraoccipital lacks a sagittal crest. Occipital region divided by a transverse crest extending between the paraoccipital processes. Pitted surface of osteoderms (derived condition shared by Neosuchia). No multifenestrated quadrate (derived with respect to Notosuchus). Infratemporal fenestra anteroposteriorly enlarged and laterodorsally oriented (derived condition shared by Notosuchus). Short posterior branch of the quadrate with posteroventrally directed condyles. Dentary robust, with a convex lateral surface. Glenoid mandibular fossa posteriorly expanded but not as enlarged as in Notosuchus. The palatal choana is located behind the nasopharyngeal duct and divided by a pterygoidean bar. Depressed area behind the choana, narrower than the palatine tube (derived condition shared by Neosuchia). Retroarticular process posteriorly expanded and with its dorsal surface facing posterodorsally.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:39:01
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:39:01
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 122.46000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Malawi (Northern) A. sp. (38916)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5Cameroon (Nord) A. wegeneri (38918 118068)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5Niger (Agadez) A. wegeneri (92629 92630)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 112.03Brazil (Ceará) A. gomesii (92290) A. sp. (114920)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 112.03Brazil (Piauí) A. gomesii (123478)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Tunisia (Tataouine) Theriosuchus sp. (116298 116299)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Niger (Agadez) Crocodylia indet. (28569)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) A. rattoides (52887)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Argentina (Río Negro) A. buitreraensis (225915) A. sp. (55364)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) A. rattoides (92632)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Argentina (Neuquén) A. patagonicus (114528)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Santonian89.3 - 83.6Niger (Tahoua) Libycosuchus sp. (48867)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Madagascar (Mahajanga) A. sp. (32366)