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Globidentosuchus âśť

Description

Globidentosuchus is an extinct genus of basal caimanine crocodylian known from the late Middle to Late Miocene of the Middle and the Upper Members of the Urumaco Formation at Urumaco, Venezuela. It contains a single species, Globidentosuchus brachyrostris.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8488913https://www.gbif.org/species/8488913
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)273331https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=273331
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Crocodylidae : Globidentosuchus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Alligatoridae : Globidentosuchus
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
suborderEusuchiaHuxley 1875
-Crocodylia
-BrevirostresCuvier
superfamilyAlligatoroideaGray 1844
-GlobidontaBrochu 1999
familyAlligatoridaeGray 1844
-CaimaninaeBrochu 1999
genusGlobidentosuchusScheyer Aguilera Delfino Fortier Carlini Sánchez Carrillo-Briceño Quiroz & Sánchez-Villagra 2013
Scientific NameGlobidentosuchus Scheyer, Aguilera, Delfino, Fortier, Carlini, Sánchez, Carrillo-Briceño, Quiroz & Sánchez-Villagra, 2013
Name Published InScheyer, Torsten M., Orangel A. Aguilera, Massimo Delfino, Daniel C. Fortier, Alfredo A. Carlini, Rodolfo Sánchez, Jorge D. Carrillo-Briceño, Luis Quiroz & Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2013. Crocodylian diversity peak and extinction in the late Cenozoic of the northern Neotropics. Nature Communications 4: 1907.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Globidentosuchusgenusbelongs to Caimaninaestated with evidenceScheyer et al., 2013
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance16.0 - 11.6 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance9.00 - 5.33 Ma
Miocene
Environmentmarine (based on Mesoeucrocodylia)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Crocodylia)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)T. M. Scheyer, O. A. Aguilera, and M. Delfino, D. C. Fortier, A. A. Carlini, R. Sánchez, J. D. Carrillo-Briceño, L. Quiroz, M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2013. Crocodylian diversity peak and extinction in the late Cenozoic of the northern Neotropics. Nature Communications 4(1907):1-9
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globidentosuchus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Globidentosuchus brachyrostris âśť
species
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
916.0 Ma
Miocene
9.00 Ma
Miocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2013Globidentosuchus Scheyer et al.
2016Globidentosuchus Hastings et al.
2017Globidentosuchus Cidade et al.

References

Scheyer T. M., Aguilera O. A., et al (2013) Crocodylian diversity peak and extinction in the late Cenozoic of the northern Neotropics, Nature Communications 4 1907, 1-9 doi:10.1038/ncomms2940
Hastings A. K., Reisser M., et al (2016) Character evolution and the origin of Caimaninae (Crocodylia) in the New World Tropics: new evidence from the Miocene of Panama and Venezuela, Journal of Paleontology doi:10.1017/jpa.2016.37
Cidade G. M., SolĂłrzano A., et al (2017) A new Mourasuchus (Alligatoroidea, Caimaninae) from the late Miocene of Venezuela, the phylogeny of Caimaninae and considerations on the feeding habits of Mourasuchus, PeerJ 5, e3056:1-37 doi:10.7717/peerj.3056
inferred from original work (title) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
inferred from original work (title)/web search (AJR) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
refer original publication - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
www.organismnames.com (Mar 2015) / web search - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nature Communications 4, Article number 2827: -. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Article title: Crocodylian diversity peak and extinction in the Late Cenozoic of the northern Neotropics. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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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