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Pseudhesperosuchus

Description

Pseudhesperosuchus (meaning "false Hesperosuchus") is a genus of sphenosuchian, a type of basal crocodylomorph, the clade that comprises the crocodilians and their closest kin. It is known from a partial skeleton and skull found in rocks of the Late Triassic (Norian-age) Los Colorados Formation of the Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin in northwestern Argentina.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4967577https://www.gbif.org/species/4967577
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)38320https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=38320
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Pseudhesperosuchus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Pseudhesperosuchus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Archosauromorpha
-CrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
-EucrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-Archosauria
-Pseudosuchia
-SuchiaKrebs 1974
-ParacrocodylomorphaParrish 1993
-Loricata
-Crocodylomorpha
genusPseudhesperosuchusBonaparte 1969
Scientific NamePseudhesperosuchus Bonaparte, 1969
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Pseudhesperosuchusgenusbelongs to SphenosuchidaeimpliedCarroll, 1988
Pseudhesperosuchusgenusbelongs to Crocodilomorphistated without evidenceGauthier et al., 1989
Pseudhesperosuchusgenusbelongs to Crocodilomorphistated with evidenceFiorelli and Calvo, 2008
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance228 - 209 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Last Recorded Appearance228 - 209 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Diapsida)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Pseudosuchia)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudhesperosuchus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Pseudhesperosuchus jachaleri
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Pseudohesperosuchus Bonaparte, 1969GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Pseudohesperosuchus

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1969Pseudhesperosuchus Bonaparte
1988Pseudohesperosuchus Carroll
1989Pseudhesperosuchus Gauthier et al. p. 349
2008Pseudhesperosuchus Fiorelli and Calvo
2013Pseudhesperosuchus Irmis et al.

References

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
Gauthier J. A., Cannatella D., et al (1989) Tetrapod phylogeny, In B. Fernholm, K. Bremer, & H. Jörnvall (eds.), The Hierarchy of Life. Elsevier Science Publishers B. V., Amsterdam, 337-353
Fiorelli L., Calvo J. O. (2008) New remains of Notosuchus terrestris Woodward, 1896 (Crocodyliformes: Mesoeucrocodylia) from Late Cretaceous of Neuquen, Patagonia, Argentina, Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 66 1, 83-124
Irmis R. B., Nesbitt S. J., et al (2013) Early Crocodylomorpha, Anatomy, Phylogeny and Palaeobiology of Early Archosaurs and their Kin. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 379, 275-302
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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