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Elosuchidae ✝

Description

Elosuchus is an extinct genus of neosuchian crocodyliform that lived during the Middle Cretaceous of what is now North Africa (Morocco and Algeria).


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)7797315https://www.gbif.org/species/7797315
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)173483https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=173483
Rankfamily (GBIF)
unranked clade (PBDB)
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Elosuchidae
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Elosuchidae
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
suborderCrocodyliformesHay 1930
-MesoeucrocodyliaWhetstone and Whybrow 1983
-NeosuchiaClark 1988
-Coelognathosuchia
-Tethysuchia
-TethysuchoideaSouza et al. 2019
familyElosuchidae
Scientific NameElosuchidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Elosuchidaefamilybelongs to Crocodyliastated with evidencede Lapparent de Broin, 2002
Elosuchidaefamilybelongs to Tethysuchiastated with evidenceAndrade et al., 2011
Elosuchidaeunranked cladebelongs to Tethysuchoideastated with evidenceSouza et al., 2019
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)6
First Recorded Appearance130 - 122 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance99.6 - 89.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Environmentmarine (based on Mesoeucrocodylia)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Pseudosuchia)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)F. de Lapparent de Broin. 2002. Elosuchus, a new genus of crocodile from the Lower Cretaceous of the north of Africa. Comptes Rendus Palevol 1:275-285
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elosuchidae

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Elosuchus
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
5105 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
99.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Vectisuchus
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1130 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
130 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2002Elosuchidae de Lapparent de Broin
2011Elosuchidae Andrade et al.
2019Elosuchidae Souza et al.

References

de Lapparent de Broin F. (2002) Elosuchus, a new genus of crocodile from the Lower Cretaceous of the north of Africa, Comptes Rendus Palevol 1, 275-285
Andrade M. B. d., Edmonds R., et al (2011) A new Berriasian species of Goniopholis (Mesoeucrocodylia, Neosuchia) from England, and a review of the genus, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163, S66-S108
Souza R. G., Figueiredo R. G., et al (2019) Systematic revision of Sarcosuchus hartti (Crocodyliformes) from the Recôncavo Basin (Early Cretaceous) of Bahia, north-eastern Brazil, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz057/5546069
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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