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Gavialoidea

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)96627https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=96627
Ranksuperfamily (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Gavialoidea
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
suborderCrocodyliformesHay 1930
-MesoeucrocodyliaWhetstone and Whybrow 1983
-NeosuchiaClark 1988
suborderEusuchiaHuxley 1875
-Crocodylia
superfamilyGavialoideaBrochu 1997
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Gavialoideasuperfamilybelongs to Crocodyliastated with evidenceHua and Jouve, 2004
Gavialoideasuperfamilybelongs to Eusuchiastated without evidenceMartin et al., 2010
Gavialoideasuperfamilybelongs to Crocodyliastated with evidenceFarke et al., 2014
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)48
Extant Size (PBDB)6 (13%)
First Recorded Appearance129 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Environmentmarine (based on Mesoeucrocodylia)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Crocodylia)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)S. Hua and S. Jouve. 2004. A primitive marine gavialoid from the Paleocene of Morocco. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(2):341-350

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Argochampsa
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
366.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Eogavialis
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
438.0 Ma
Eocene
11.6 Ma
Miocene
Eosuchus
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
759.2 Ma
Paleocene
37.2 Ma
Eocene
Eothoracosaurus
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
383.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Gavialis
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Gharial3120.4 Ma
Miocene
0 Ma
Extant
Ocepesuchus
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
170.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Thecachampsoides
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Thoracosaurus
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
53101 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
55.8 Ma
Eocene
Gryposuchinae
unranked clade
listed (PBDB)4633.9 Ma
Oligocene
0 Ma
Extant

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1849Crocodilus basifissus Owen
1849Crocodilus basitruncatus Owen
1851Crocodilus fastigiatus Leidy p. 327
1852Thoracosaurus grandis Leidy p. 35
1865Crocodilus obscurus Leidy
1865Crocodilus tenebrosus Leidy
1869Thoracosaurus glyptodon Cope
1869Holops glyptodon Cope p. 74
1869Holops obscurus Cope p. 75
1869Holops tenebrosus Cope p. 78
1870Holops basitruncatus Cope p. 231
1872Holopsisuchus pneumaticus Cope
1872Thecachampsa serratus Cope
1895Crocodilus marylandicus Clarke
1902Crocodylus fastigiatus Hay p. 512
1902Crocodylus marylandicus Hay p. 513
1902Crocodylus serratus Hay p. 513
1902Holops basitruncatus Hay p. 515
YearName and Author
1902Holops glyptodon Hay p. 516
1902Holops obscurus Hay p. 516
1924Thoracosaurus basitruncatus Troedsson
1925Thoracosaurus basifissus Troxell
1925Thoracosaurus basitruncatus Troxell
1925Thoracosaurus glyptodon Troxell
1925Thoracosaurus grandis Troxell
1925Thoracosaurus obscurus Troxell
1925Thoracosaurus pneumaticus Troxell
1997Gavialoidea Brochu
2004Gavialoidea Brochu p. 611
2004Gavialoidea Hua and Jouve p. 341
2006Gavialoidea Brochu p. 167
2006Gavialoidea Salisbury et al. p. 2444
2009Gavialoidea Brochu et al. p. 538
2010Gavialoidea Martin et al.
2014Gavialoidea Farke et al.

References

Hua S., Jouve S. (2004) A primitive marine gavialoid from the Paleocene of Morocco, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24 2, 341-350
Leidy J. [Descriptions of a number of fossil reptiles and mammals]
Leidy J. [Description of Emys culbertsonii], Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 6, 34
Cope E. D. , Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia, Reptilia and Aves of North America. Part I. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series 14, 1-104
Cope E. D. , Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia, Reptilia and Aves of North America. Part II. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series 14, 105-235
Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868
Troxell E. L. (1925) Thoracosaurus, a Cretaceous crocodile, American Journal of Science 10 57, 219-233
Brochu C. A. (2004) A New Late Cretaceous gavialoid crocodylian from Eastern North America and the phylogenetic relationships of thoracosaurs, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24 3, 610-633 doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2004)024[0610:ANLCGC]2.0.CO
Brochu C. A. (2006) Osteology and phylogenetic significance of Eosuchus minor (Marsh, 1870) new combination, a longirostrine crocodylian from the late Paleocene of North America, Journal of Paleontology 80 1, 162-186 doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2006)080[0162:OAPSOE]2.0.CO;2
Salisbury S. W., Molnar R. E., et al (2006) The origin of modern crocodyliforms: new evidence from the Cretaceous of Australia, Proceedings of the Royal Society B 273, 2439-2448 doi:10.1098/rspb.2006.3613
Martin J. E., Rabi M., et al (2010) Survival of Theriosuchus (Mesoeucrocodylia: Atoposauridae) in a Late Cretaceous archipelago: a new species from the Maastrichtian of Romania, Naturwissenschaften 97, 845-854 doi:10.1007/s00114-010-0702-y
Farke A. A., Henn M. M., et al (2014) Leidyosuchus (Crocodylia: Alligatoroidea) from the Upper Cretaceous Kaiporowits Formation (Late Campanian) of Utah, USA, PaleoBios 30 3, 72-88
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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