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Tropidosuchus romeri ✝

Description

Tropidosuchus is an extinct genus of carnivorous archosauriforms from the Middle Triassic period (Anisian to Ladinian stage). It is a proterochampsid which lived in what is now Argentina. It is known from the holotype PVL 4601, which consists of partial skeleton. It was found in the Chañares Formation and its type locality is the Chañares River. It was first named by A. B. Arcucci in 1990 and the type species is Tropidosuchus romeri.


From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropidosuchus_romeri, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.
Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8674378https://www.gbif.org/species/8674378
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)178346https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=178346
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Proterochampsidae : Tropidosuchus : Tropidosuchus romeri
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Proterochampsidae : Tropidosuchus : Tropidosuchus romeri
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
-ProterochampsiaKischlat 2000
familyProterochampsidaeRomer 1966
genusTropidosuchusArcucci 1990
speciesTropidosuchus romeriArcucci 1990
Generic NameTropidosuchus
Scientific NameTropidosuchus romeri Arcucci, 1990
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Tropidosuchus romerispeciesbelongs to Tropidosuchusstated with evidenceArcucci, 1990
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance242 - 237 Ma
Middle Triassic
Last Recorded Appearance242 - 237 Ma
Middle Triassic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Diapsida)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)A. B. Arcucci. 1990. Un nuevo Proterochampsidae (Reptilia - Archosauriformes) de la fauna local de Los Chanares (Triasico Medio), La Rioja, Argentina. Ameghiniana 27:365-378
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropidosuchus_romeri

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1990Tropidosuchus romeri Arcucci p. 366
2011Tropidosuchus romeri Nesbitt p. 18
2013Tropidosuchus romeri Trotteyn et al.
2016Tropidosuchus romeri Ezcurra

References

Arcucci A. B. (1990) Un nuevo Proterochampsidae (Reptilia - Archosauriformes) de la fauna local de Los Chanares (Triasico Medio), La Rioja, Argentina, Ameghiniana 27, 365-378
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
Trotteyn M. J., Arcucci A. B., et al (2013) Proterochampsia: an endemic archosauriform clade from South America, Anatomy, Phylogeny and Palaeobiology of Early Archosaurs and their Kin 379
Ezcurra M. D. (2016) The phylogenetic relationships of basal archosauromorphs, with an emphasis on the systematics of proterosuchian archosauriforms, PeerJ 4, e1778
A. B. Arcucci (1990) Un nuevo Proterochampsidae (Reptilia - Archosauriformes) de la fauna local de Los Chanares (Triasico Medio), La Rioja, Argentina: Ameghiniana: 365--378 - via Catalogue of Life
M. D. Ezcurra (2016) The phylogenetic relationships of basal archosauromorphs, with an emphasis on the systematics of proterosuchian archosauriforms: PeerJ: e1778 - via Catalogue of Life
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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