Araripesuchus

Araripesuchus wegeneri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Crocodilia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Divisio: Archosauria Subsectio: Pseudosuchia Cladus: Suchia Cladus: Paracrocodylomorpha Cladus: Loricata Superordo: Crocodylomorpha Ordo: Crocodilia

Familia: †Uruguaysuchidae
Genus: †Araripesuchus
Species: †A. buitreraensis – †A. gomesii – †A. patagonicus – †A. rattoides – †A. tsangatsangana – †A. wegeneri

Name

†Araripesuchus Price, 1959

Type species: Araripesuchus gomesii Price, 1959

References

Primary references

• Price, L. I. 1959. Sôbre um crocodilídeo notossúquio do Cretácico brasileiro. Boletim da Divisão de Geologia e Mineralogia do Rio de Janeiro 188: 1–55.

Additional references

• Ortega, F., Gasparini, Z., Buscalioni, A.D. & Calvo, J.O. 2000. A new species of Araripesuchus (Crocodylomorpha, Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Lower Cretaceous of Patagonia (Argentina). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20: 57–76. DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0057:ANSOAC]2.0.CO;2 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Pol, D. & Apesteguia, S. 2005. New Araripesuchus remains from the Early Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) of Patagonia. American Museum Novitates 3490: 1–39. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2005)490[0001:NARFTE]2.0.CO;2 hdl: 2246/5659 Reference page. 
• Turner, A.H. 2006: Osteology and phylogeny of a new species of Araripesuchus (Crocodyliformes: Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. Historical Biology, 18: 259–373. DOI: 10.1080/08912960500516112
• Sereno, P.C. & Larsson, H.C.E. 2009. Cretaceous crocodyliforms from the Sahara. ZooKeys 28: 1–143. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.28.325 Reference page. 

Links

• ION
• Araripesuchus – Taxon details on Nomenclator Zoologicus (NZ).
• Araripesuchus – Taxon details on Fossilworks.

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