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Sarcosuchus hartti

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Crocodilus hartti was named by Marsh (1869). Its type specimen is YPM 516, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Plataforma, which is in a Hauterivian/Barremian terrestrial conglomerate/shale in Brazil.

It was recombined as Goniopholis hartti by Mawson and Woodward (1907), Maury (1930); it was recombined as Sarcosuchus hartti by Buffetaut and Taquet (1977), Norell and Storrs (1989), Andrade et al. (2011), Bronzati et al. (2012).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Crocodilus hartti Marsh
1869Sarcosuchus hartii Marsh
1869Crocodilus hartti Marsh p. 443
1907Goniopholis hartti Mawson and Woodward pp. 132-133
1930Goniopholis hartti Maury p. 78
1977Sarcosuchus hartti Buffetaut and Taquet
1989Sarcosuchus hartti Norell and Storrs
2011Sarcosuchus hartti Andrade et al.
2012Sarcosuchus hartti Bronzati et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
—Solidocrania
suborderCrocodyliformes
—MesoeucrocodyliaWhetstone and Whybrow 1983
—NeosuchiaClark 1988
—Coelognathosuchia()
—Tethysuchia()
—Pholidosauridae()
genusSarcosuchus
specieshartti()

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.

†Sarcosuchus hartti Marsh 1869
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Invalid names: Sarcosuchus hartii Marsh 1869 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. Buffetaut and P. Taquet 1977Attribution of fossils (from Brazil) to Goniopholis are invalid. Similar to Sarcosuchus imperator, but new retention of specific name to reflect geographic location. Spatulate shape of the anterior extremity of the mandible, relative size of the alveoli, long mandibular symphysis, coarse ornamentation of the ventral surface of the bone.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:39:01
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:39:01
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Hauterivian or 132.60000 to 125.77000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Valanginian - Hauterivian137.05 - 125.77Brazil (Bahia) Crocodylia indet. (51911)
Hauterivian - Barremian132.6 - 121.4Brazil (Bahia) Sarcosuchus hartti (203352)
Late/Upper Hauterivian - Early/Lower Barremian132.6 - 121.4Brazil (Bahia) Crocodilus hartti (type locality: 51912) Sarcosuchus hartti (203353 203354)