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Tethysuchia
Taxonomy
Tethysuchia was named by Buffetaut (1982).
It was reranked as the suborder Tethysuchia by Andrade et al. (2011); it was reranked as the unranked clade Tethysuchia by Souza et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Mesosuchia by Buffetaut (1982); to Neosuchia by Andrade et al. (2011); and to Coelognathosuchia by Souza et al. (2019).
It was reranked as the suborder Tethysuchia by Andrade et al. (2011); it was reranked as the unranked clade Tethysuchia by Souza et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Mesosuchia by Buffetaut (1982); to Neosuchia by Andrade et al. (2011); and to Coelognathosuchia by Souza et al. (2019).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1982 | Tethysuchia Buffetaut p. 18 |
2011 | Tethysuchia Andrade et al. |
2019 | Tethysuchia Souza et al. |
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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.
Unr. †Tethysuchia Buffetaut 1982
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Unr. †Dyrosauroidea Jouve et al. 2021
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Unr. †Dyrosauridae Stefano 1903
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G. †Chenanisuchus Jouve et al. 2005 [Chenane crocodile]
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†Chenanisuchus lateroculi Jouve et al. 2005
Unr. †Hyposaurinae Nopcsa 1928
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G. †Congosaurus Dollo 1914
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†Congosaurus bequaerti Dollo 1914
†Congosaurus compressus Buffetaut 1980
G. †Dyrosaurus Pomel 1894
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†Dyrosaurus maghribensis Jouve et al. 2006
†Dyrosaurus phosphaticus Thomas 1893
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Invalid names: Dyrosaurus berneti Bergounioux 1955 [synonym], Dyrosaurus variabilis Bergounioux 1955 [synonym]
G. †Hyposaurus Owen 1849
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†Hyposaurus natator Troxell 1925
Invalid names: Guarinisuchus Barbosa et al. 2008 [synonym], Hyposaurus natator oweni Troxell 1925 [synonym], Hyposaurus nopcsai Swinton 1930 [nomen dubium], Hyposaurus wilsoni Swinton 1930 [nomen dubium], Sokotosaurus Swinton 1930 [synonym], Wurnosaurus Swinton 1930 [synonym]
G. †Rhabdognathus Swinton 1930
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†Rhabdognathus acutirostris Bergounioux 1955
†Rhabdognathus aslerensis Jouve 2007
†Rhabdognathus keiniensis Jouve 2007
Invalid names: Rhabdognathus rarus Swinton 1930 [nomen dubium]
Invalid names: Hyposaurus paucidens Arambourg 1952 [nomen dubium]
Unr. †Phosphatosaurinae Buffetaut 1979
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Invalid names: Dyrosaurus minor Swinton 1930 [nomen dubium], Hyposaurus rogersii Owen 1849 [nomen dubium]
G. †Elosuchus de Lapparent de Broin 2002
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†Elosuchus broinae Meunier and Larsson 2016
†Elosuchus cherifiensis Lavocat 1955
Unr. †Pholidosauridae von Zittel and Eastman 1902
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G. †Petrosuchus Owen 1878
G. †Pholidosaurus Meyer 1841
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†Pholidosaurus meyeri Dunker 1843
†Pholidosaurus milwardi Roxo 1929
†Pholidosaurus purbeckensis Mansel-Pleydell 1888
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Invalid names: Pholidosaurus decipiens Watson 1911 [synonym], Pholidosaurus laevis Andrews 1913 [synonym]
†Pholidosaurus schaumburgensis Meyer 1841
Invalid names: Macrorhynchus Dunker 1843 [synonym]
G. †Terminonaris Osborn 1904
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†Terminonaris robusta Wu et al. 2001
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Invalid names: Teleorhinus mesabiensis Erickson 1969 [synonym], Teleorhinus robustus Mook 1934 [replaced]
Invalid names: Teleorhinus Osborn 1904 [replaced]
Invalid names: Macrorhynchidae Koken 1887 [synonym], Rhabdognathidae Swinton 1930 [synonym], Rhabdosauridae Bergounioux 1955 [synonym]
Unr. †Tethysuchoidea Souza et al. 2019
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Invalid names: Elosuchidae de Lapparent de Broin 2002 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
References: Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015 |
Collections (163 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Bajocian | China (Sichuan) | Crocodilia indet. (47072) | |
Bathonian | United Kingdom (Oxfordshire) | Steneosaurus geoffroyi (198903) | |
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | Uruguay (Tacuarembó) | Meridiosaurus vallisparadisi (83735) | |
Tithonian - Berriasian | Thailand (Nong Bua Lamphu) | Sunosuchus thailandicus (36159) | |
Tithonian - Berriasian | Thailand (Mukdahan) | Chalawan thailandicus (78978) Sunosuchus thailandicus (78979) | |
Early/Lower Tithonian | France (Poitou-Charentes) | Pholidosaurus sp. (164377) | |
Early/Lower Berriasian - Middle Berriasian | France (Poitou-Charentes) | Pholidosaurus sp. (61930) | |
Late/Upper Berriasian | United Kingdom (England) | Pholidosaurus decipiens (123319) | |
Late/Upper Berriasian | Germany (Niedersachsen) | Pholidosaurus schaumburgensis, Macrorhynchus meyeri (69694) | |
Berriasian | France (Poitou-Charentes) | Pholidosauridae indet. (142093) | |
Berriasian | United Kingdom (England) | Macrorhynchus sp. (123317) Pholidosaurus laevis (123316) | |
Early/Lower Cretaceous | Mali | Sarcosuchus sp. (60382) | |
Early/Lower Berriasian - Late/Upper Albian | Algeria (Adrar) | Crocodylia indet. (25139) | |
Late/Upper Hauterivian - Early/Lower Barremian | Brazil (Bahia) | Crocodilus hartti (51912) Crocodylia indet. (51911) Sarcosuchus hartti (203352 203354) Sarcosuchus sp., Sarcosuchus hartti (203353) | |
Early/Lower Barremian | Spain (Teruel) | Pholidosauridae indet. (36365 67985) | |
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian | United Kingdom (England) | Vectisuchus leptognathus (13267) | |
Barremian - Aptian | Spain (La Rioja) | Pholidosaurus sp. (131493) | |
Aptian | Niger (Agadez) | Sarcosuchus imperator (37200) | |
Aptian | USA (Montana) | Pholidosauridae indet. (137606 137611) | |
Aptian - Albian | USA (Wyoming) | Pholidosauridae indet. (137566 137567 137577 137593 137595) | |
Aptian - Albian | Niger (Agadez) | Crocodylia indet. (25355) | |
Late/Upper Aptian | USA (Texas) | Pholidosauridae indet. (14408) | |
Late/Upper Aptian | Niger (Agadez) | Sarcosuchus imperator (77189) | |
Late/Upper Aptian | USA (Maryland) | Pholidosauridae indet. (14376) | |
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian | USA (Oklahoma) | Pholidosauridae indet. (14392) | |
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian | Tunisia (Tataouine) | Crocodylia indet. (25200) | |
Late/Upper Aptian - Late/Upper Albian | United Kingdom (England) | Tethysuchia indet. (224096) | |
Albian | Tunisia (Tataouine) | Sarcosuchus sp., Crocodylia indet. (25363) | |
Albian | Algeria (Adrar) | Dyrosaurus sp. (59690) | |
Middle Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian | USA (Wyoming) | Pholidosauridae indet. (137562) | |
Late/Upper Albian | USA (Kansas) | Dakotasuchus kingi (37814) | |
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian | Morocco (Errachidia) | Elosuchus sp. (230106) | |
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian | Niger (Agadez) | Elosuchus sp. (25221) | |
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian | Algeria (Adrar) | Mesosuchia indet. (59578) Sarcosuchus sp. (219384) | |
Cenomanian | USA (Kansas) | Dakotasuchus kingi (115125) | |
Cenomanian - Turonian | USA (Montana) | Teleorhinus robustus, Teleorhinus browni (100091) | |
Early/Lower Cenomanian | France (Normandy) | Oceanosuchus boecensis (113763) | |
Early/Lower Cenomanian | USA (Utah) | Dakotasuchus kingi (185614) Dakotasuchus sp. (200123) Pholidosauridae indet. (22679 73611) | |
Early/Lower Cenomanian | Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) | Elosuchus cherifiensis (60002 87164) Sarcosuchus sp. (25325 163916) Thoracosaurus cherifiensis (59771) | |
Early/Lower Cenomanian | France (L'Orne) | Pholidosauridae indet. (154816) | |
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian | USA (Texas) | Woodbinesuchus byersmauricei (102190) | |
Middle Cenomanian | USA (Texas) | Terminonaris robusta (113772 113773) Woodbinesuchus byersmauricei (102191) | |
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian | Germany (Bavaria) | Terminonaris browni (214381) | |
Turonian | USA (Minnesota) | Teleorhinus mesabiensis (116293) | |
Early/Lower Turonian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Terminonaris robusta (118036) | |
Middle Turonian | USA (Kansas) | Terminonaris browni (113774) | |
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian | Uzbekistan (Navoi) | Pholidosauridae indet. (58179) | |
Late/Upper Coniacian - Santonian | Niger (Tahoua) | Goniopholidae indet. (48867) | |
Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Saudi Arabia (Tabuk) | Dyrosauridae indet. (116314) | |
Campanian - Maastrichtian | Sudan | Brachiosuchus kababishensis (221116) | |
Campanian - Maastrichtian | Sudan (Ash Shamaliyah) | Dyrosauridae indet. (38682 150678) | |
Middle Campanian | Egypt (Al Wadi al Jadid) | Dyrosauridae indet. (54083 114015) Dyrosaurus sp. (54082) | |
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Egypt (Al Bahr Al Ahmar) | Dyrosaurus phosphaticus, Goniopholididae indet. (60607 60608) | |
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Egypt (Aswan) | Goniopholididae indet., Dyrosaurus phosphaticus (60599) | |
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian | USA (Maryland) | Hyposaurus rogersii (127195) | |
Maastrichtian | Mali | Hyposaurinae indet. (114954) | |
Maastrichtian | USA (Maryland) | Hyposaurus rogersii (127183) | |
Maastrichtian | India (Andhra Pradesh) | Dyrosauridae indet. (123491) | |
Maastrichtian | India (Madhya Pradesh) | Dyrosauridae indet. (75493) | |
Maastrichtian | Mexico (Coahuila) | Sabinosuchus coahuilensis (181867) | |
Maastrichtian - Danian | Bolivia | Dyrosauridae indet. (123343) | |
Maastrichtian - Danian | USA (Maryland) | Hyposaurus rogersii (218464) | |
Maastrichtian - Danian | Mali | Rhabdognathus sp. (113316) | |
Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Morocco | Dyrosauridae indet. (116903) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Nigeria (Sokoto) | Sokotosuchus ianwilsoni (82229) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Morocco | Dyrosauridae indet. (99627 213666) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian | India (Andhra Pradesh) | Dyrosauridae indet. (153368) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (New Jersey) | Hyposaurus ferox (87902) Hyposaurus natator (48570 87903) Hyposaurus rogersii (88034 129264 167780) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Paleocene | USA (New Jersey) | Hyposaurus rogersii (26819) | |
Danian | Morocco | Atlantosuchus coupatezi (114107) Atlantosuchus coupatezi, Pholidosauridae indet. (210053) | |
Danian | Bolivia (Esteban Arce) | Dyrosauridae indet., Dorbignysuchus niatu, Luciasuchus lurusinqa (214892) | |
Danian | Bolivia (Mizque) | Sokotosuchus ianwilsoni, Crocodylia indet. (13501) | |
Danian | USA (Alabama) | Hyposaurus rogersii (122851) | |
Danian | Bolivia (Potosí) | Rodeosuchus machukiru (190370 214891) | |
Danian | Bolivia | Dyrosauridae indet. (49077) | |
Danian | Brazil (Pernambuco) | Dyrosauridae indet., Hyposaurus derbianus (123332) Guarinisuchus munizi (114100 198637) | |
Danian | USA (New Jersey) | Hyposaurus rogersii (26820 124963) | |
Danian | Senegal | Dyrosauridae indet. (198030) | |
Paleocene | Saudi Arabia (Makkah) | Dyrosauridae indet. (140955 140958 140960 140962 140965 140966 140967 140968 140970) Hyposaurus nopcsai (140961) Phosphatosaurus sp. (140975) Rhabdognathus compressus (140957) Rhabdognathus sp. (140964 140973) Rhabdognathus sp., Dyrosauridae indet. (140969 140972) Rhabdognathus sp., Hyposaurus nopcsai, Rhabdognathus compressus (140956) | |
Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene | Colombia | Acherontisuchus guajiraensis (117175) | |
Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene | Mali | Congosaurus compressus (114146) Congosaurus compressus, Rhabdognathus keiniensis (114144) Hyposaurinae indet., Phosphatosaurinae indet. (114964) Phosphatosaurus sp., Dyrosauridae indet., Congosaurus compressus, Rhabdognathus keiniensis (114143) | |
Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene | Niger | Phosphatosaurus sp. (114998) | |
Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene | Colombia (Guajira) | Acherontisuchus guajiraensis (132012 132013) Anthracosuchus balrogus (156612) Cerrejonisuchus improcerus, Acherontisuchus guajiraensis (106271) | |
Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene | Nigeria (Sokoto) | Rhabdognathus sp., Dyrosauridae indet. (114148) | |
Selandian | Angola (Cabinda) | Congosaurus bequaerti (113759) | |
Selandian | Morocco | Arambourgisuchus khouribgaensis (133217) | |
Thanetian | Togo (Maritime) | Dyrosauridae indet. (221109 221110 221111) | |
Thanetian | Morocco (Beni Mellal) | Chenanisuchus lateroculi (77353) | |
Thanetian | Pakistan (Sind) | Dyrosauridae indet. (114106) | |
Late/Upper Paleocene | China (Xinjiang) | Dyrosauridae indet. (174687) | |
Clarkforkian | USA (South Carolina) | Hyposaurus sp. (15074) | |
Ypresian | India (Gujarat) | Congosaurus sp. (180565) | |
Ypresian | Mali | Tilemsisuchus lavocati (48097) | |
Ypresian | Mali (Gao) | Phosphatosaurus gavialoides (175262) | |
Ypresian | Algeria | Dyrosaurus phosphaticus (136906) | |
Ypresian | Tunisia | Crocodilus phosphaticus (136905) Dyrosaurus choumovitchi, Dyrosaurus phosphaticus, Phosphatosaurus gavialoides, Dyrosaurus berneti, Dyrosaurus variabilis, Rhabdosaurus acutirostris (106501) | |
Ypresian | Morocco | Dyrosaurus maghribensis (83313) | |
Early/Lower Eocene | Niger (Tahoua) | Dyrosaurus sp. (75233) | |
Early/Lower Eocene | Tunisia (Gafsa) | Dyrosaurus phosphaticus (151620) | |
Bartonian | Myanmar | Dyrosauridae indet. (148380) | |
Bartonian - Late/Upper Eocene | Libya | Dyrosaurus sp. (48077) |