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Calmasuchus
Taxonomy
Calmasuchus was named by Fortuny et al. (2011). Its type is Calmasuchus acri. It was considered monophyletic by Fortuny et al. (2011).
It was assigned to Capitosauria by Fortuny et al. (2011).
It was assigned to Capitosauria by Fortuny et al. (2011).
Species
C. acri (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2011 | Calmasuchus Fortuny et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| J. Fortuny et al. 2011 | Distinguished from all other capitosaurs by a combination of the following characters: posterolaterally directed tabular horns, orbital margins flush with the plane of the skull, the postorbital and prefrontal near each other by thin projections, paired anterior palatal vacuity, long choanal outline, the frontal enters the medial border of the orbit, presence of a transversely oriented transvomerine tooth row, cultriform process of the parasphenoid extends beyond the anterior border of the interpterygoid vacuities, absence of the denticle field in the pterygoid and parasphenoid, elongated and well developed postglenoid area. |
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||