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Shuvosaurus inexpectatus

Description

Shuvosaurus (meaning "Shuvo's lizard") is a genus of beaked reptile from the Late Triassic of western Texas.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4967784https://www.gbif.org/species/4967784
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)90276https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=90276
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Shuvosauridae : Shuvosaurus : Shuvosaurus inexpectatus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Shuvosauridae : Shuvosaurus : Shuvosaurus inexpectatus
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
familyShuvosauridaeChatterjee 1993
genusShuvosaurusChatterjee 1993
speciesShuvosaurus inexpectatusChatterjee 1993
Generic NameShuvosaurus
Scientific NameShuvosaurus inexpectatus Chatterjee, 1993
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Shuvosaurus inexpectatusspeciesbelongs to Shuvosaurusstated without evidenceChatterjee, 1993
Shuvosaurus inexpectatusspeciesbelongs to Shuvosaurusstated with evidenceNesbitt, 2011
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
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)S. Chatterjee. 1993. Shuvosaurus, a new theropod: an unusual theropod dinosaur from the Triassic of Texas. National Geographic Research and Exploration 9(3):274-285
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuvosaurus_inexpectatus

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Chatterjeea elegans Long & Murry, 1995GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Shuvosauridae : Shuvosaurus : Chatterjeea elegans

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1993Shuvosaurus inexpectatus Chatterjee pp. 274-376 figs. 4-6
1995Chatterjeea elegans Long and Murry
1996Shuvosaurus inexpectatus Rich p. 711
1997Shuvosaurus inexpectatus Murry and Long p. 192
1997Shuvosaurus inexpectatus Osmólska p. 501
1997Shuvosaurus inexpectatus Rauhut pp. 17-21
1998Shuvosaurus inexpectatus Hunt et al. p. 521
2003Shuvosaurus inexpectatus Rauhut p. 18
2007Shuvosaurus inexpectatus Nesbitt et al. p. 224
2011Shuvosaurus inexpectatus Nesbitt p. 32

References

Chatterjee S. (1993) Shuvosaurus, a new theropod: an unusual theropod dinosaur from the Triassic of Texas, National Geographic Research and Exploration 9 3, 274-285
Rich T. H. (1996) Significance of polar dinosaurs in Gondwana, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 39 3, 711-717
Hunt A. P., Lucas S. G., et al (1998) Late Triassic dinosaurs from the western United States, Géobios 31 4, 511-531
Rauhut O. W. M. (2003) The interrelationships and evolution of basal theropod dinosaurs, Special Papers in Palaeontology 69, 1-213
Nesbitt S. J., Irmis R. B., et al (2007) A critical re-evaluation of the Late Triassic dinosaur taxa of North America, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 5 2, 209-243
Nesbitt S. J. (2011) The early evolution of archosaurs: relationships and the origin of major clades, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 353, 1-292
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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