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Hyposaurus, the Glossary

Hyposaurus is a genus of extinct marine dyrosaurid crocodyliform.^[1]

85 relations: Africa, Alabama, Aquia Formation, Armour, Atlas, Atlas (anatomy), Axis (anatomy), Éric Buffetaut, Baurusuchus, Brazil, Campanian, Cerrejón Formation, Cervical vertebrae, Cladogram, Clarkforkian, Congosaurus, Coracoid, Cretaceous, Crocodyliformes, Danian, Dryosauridae, Dyrosauridae, Dyrosaurus, Edward Drinker Cope, Embayment Megagroup, Extinction, Fresh water, Genus, Glossary of scientific naming, Gobiosuchus, Hemiprotosuchus, Hornerstown Formation, Hsisosuchus, Humerus, Iullemmeden Basin, Journal of the Geological Society, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Keel, Late Cretaceous, Latin, Maastrichtian, Mali, Maria Farinha Formation, Maryland, Mesoeucrocodylia, Metriorhynchidae, Monmouth Group, National Museum of Brazil, Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, New Egypt Formation, ... Expand index (35 more) »
Dyrosaurids
Fossil taxa described in 1849
Fossils of New Jersey
Fossils of South Carolina
Itaboraian
Late Cretaceous crocodylomorphs of Africa
Late Cretaceous crocodylomorphs of North America
Maastrichtian genus first appearances
Paleocene crocodylomorphs
Paleocene genus extinctions
Paleocene reptiles of Africa
Paleocene reptiles of North America
Paleocene reptiles of South America
Paleogene Brazil

Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia.

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Alabama

Alabama is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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Aquia Formation

The Aquia Formation is a geologic sandstone formation that extends from the upper Chesapeake Bay to the James River near Hopewell, Virginia.

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Armour (Commonwealth English) or armor (American English; see spelling differences) is a covering used to protect an object, individual, or vehicle from physical injury or damage, especially direct contact weapons or projectiles during combat, or from a potentially dangerous environment or activity (e.g.

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Atlas

An atlas is a collection of maps; it is typically a bundle of maps of Earth or of a continent or region of Earth.

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Atlas (anatomy)

In anatomy, the atlas (C1) is the most superior (first) cervical vertebra of the spine and is located in the neck.

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Axis (anatomy)

In anatomy, the axis (from Latin axis, "axle") is the second cervical vertebra (C2) of the spine, immediately inferior to the atlas, upon which the head rests.

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Éric Buffetaut

Éric Buffetaut (born 19 November 1950) is a French paleontologist, author and researcher at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique since 1976 where he is a Doctor of Science and Director of Research.

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Baurusuchus

Baurusuchus is an extinct genus of baurusuchid mesoeucrocodylian, which lived in Brazil from 90 to 83.5 million years ago, in the Late Cretaceous period. Hyposaurus and Baurusuchus are Prehistoric pseudosuchian genera.

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Brazil

Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest and easternmost country in South America and Latin America.

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Campanian

The Campanian is the fifth of six ages of the Late Cretaceous Epoch on the geologic timescale of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS).

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Cerrejón Formation

The Cerrejón Formation is a geologic formation in Colombia dating back to the Middle-Late Paleocene. Hyposaurus and Cerrejón Formation are Itaboraian.

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Cervical vertebrae

In tetrapods, cervical vertebrae (vertebra) are the vertebrae of the neck, immediately below the skull.

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Cladogram

A cladogram (from Greek clados "branch" and gramma "character") is a diagram used in cladistics to show relations among organisms.

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Clarkforkian

The Clarkforkian North American Stage, on the geologic timescale, is the North American faunal stage according to the North American Land Mammal Ages chronology (NALMA), typically set from 56,800,000 to 55,400,000 years BP lasting.

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Congosaurus

Congosaurus is an extinct genus of dyrosaurid mesoeucrocodylian. Hyposaurus and Congosaurus are dyrosaurids, Paleocene crocodylomorphs, Prehistoric marine crocodylomorphs and Prehistoric pseudosuchian genera.

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Coracoid

A coracoid (from Greek κόραξ, koraks, raven) is a paired bone which is part of the shoulder assembly in all vertebrates except therian mammals (marsupials and placentals).

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Cretaceous

The Cretaceous is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya).

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Crocodyliformes

Crocodyliformes is a clade of crurotarsan archosaurs, the group often traditionally referred to as "crocodilians".

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Danian

The Danian is the oldest age or lowest stage of the Paleocene Epoch or Series, of the Paleogene Period or System, and of the Cenozoic Era or Erathem.

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Dryosauridae

Dryosauridae was a family of primitive iguanodonts, first proposed by Milner & Norman in 1984.

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Dyrosauridae

Dyrosauridae is a family of extinct neosuchian crocodyliforms that lived from the Campanian to the Eocene. Hyposaurus and Dyrosauridae are dyrosaurids and Prehistoric marine crocodylomorphs.

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Dyrosaurus

Dyrosaurus is a genus of extinct crocodylomorph that lived during the early Eocene. Hyposaurus and Dyrosaurus are dyrosaurids, Prehistoric marine crocodylomorphs and Prehistoric pseudosuchian genera.

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Edward Drinker Cope

Edward Drinker Cope (July 28, 1840 – April 12, 1897) was an American zoologist, paleontologist, comparative anatomist, herpetologist, and ichthyologist.

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Embayment Megagroup

The Embayment Mega Group is found from the Gulf of Mexico north to southern Illinois.

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Extinction

Extinction is the termination of a taxon by the death of its last member.

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Fresh water

Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids.

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Genus

Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.

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Glossary of scientific naming

This is a list of terms and symbols used in scientific names for organisms, and in describing the names.

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Gobiosuchus

Gobiosuchus ("Gobi crocodile") was a gobiosuchid crocodyliform described in 1972 by Polish palaeontologist Halszka Osmólska. Hyposaurus and Gobiosuchus are Prehistoric pseudosuchian genera.

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Hemiprotosuchus

Hemiprotosuchus is an extinct genus of protosuchid crocodyliform from the Late Triassic (Norian stage) Los Colorados Formation of the Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin in northwestern Argentina, South America. Hyposaurus and Hemiprotosuchus are Prehistoric pseudosuchian genera.

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Hornerstown Formation

The Hornerstown Formation is a Paleogene or latest Mesozoic geologic formation in New Jersey.

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Hsisosuchus

Hsisosuchus is an extinct genus of crocodyliform from China. Hyposaurus and Hsisosuchus are Prehistoric pseudosuchian genera.

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Humerus

The humerus (humeri) is a long bone in the arm that runs from the shoulder to the elbow.

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Iullemmeden Basin

The Iullemmeden Basin (Berber language: Iwellemmedden) is a major sub-Saharan inland basin in West Africa, extending about north to south and east to west.

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Journal of the Geological Society

The Journal of the Geological Society is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Geological Society of London.

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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

The Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal that was established in 1980 by Jiri Zidek (University of Oklahoma).

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Keel

The keel is the bottom-most longitudinal structural element on a watercraft.

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Late Cretaceous

The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous Period is divided in the geologic time scale.

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Latin

Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Maastrichtian

The Maastrichtian is, in the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) geologic timescale, the latest age (uppermost stage) of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or Upper Cretaceous Series, the Cretaceous Period or System, and of the Mesozoic Era or Erathem.

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Mali

Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked country in West Africa.

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Maria Farinha Formation

The Maria Farinha Formation is a geological formation of the Parnaíba Basin in Pernambuco, northeastern Brazil whose strata date back to the Danian stage of the Paleocene, or Tiupampan in the SALMA classification. Hyposaurus and Maria Farinha Formation are Paleogene Brazil.

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Maryland

Maryland is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.

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Mesoeucrocodylia

Mesoeucrocodylia is the clade that includes Eusuchia and crocodyliforms formerly placed in the paraphyletic group Mesosuchia.

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Metriorhynchidae

Metriorhynchidae is an extinct family of specialized, aquatic metriorhynchoid crocodyliforms from the Middle Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous period (Bajocian to early Aptian) of Europe, North America and South America. Hyposaurus and Metriorhynchidae are Prehistoric marine crocodylomorphs.

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Monmouth Group

The Monmouth Group is a geologic group in New Jersey.

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National Museum of Brazil

The National Museum of Brazil (Museu Nacional) is the oldest scientific institution of Brazil.

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Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie

Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research in geology and paleontology.

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New Egypt Formation

The New Egypt Formation is a Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) geologic formation of the Monmouth Group in New Jersey, United States.

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New Jersey

New Jersey is a state situated within both the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States.

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Niger

Niger or the Niger, officially the Republic of the Niger, is a country in West Africa.

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Nigeria

Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa.

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Nomen dubium

In binomial nomenclature, a nomen dubium (Latin for "doubtful name", plural nomina dubia) is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application.

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North America

North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.

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Orthosuchus

Orthosuchus (meaning "straight crocodile") is an extinct genus of crocodyliform that lived during the Early Jurassic, about 196 million years ago. Hyposaurus and Orthosuchus are Prehistoric pseudosuchian genera.

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Orville Adalbert Derby

Orville Adalbert Derby (July 23, 1851 in Kelloggsville, New York in Who's Who in America (1901-1902 edition); p. 296 – November 27, 1915) was an American geologist who worked in Brazil.

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Osteoderm

Osteoderms are bony deposits forming scales, plates, or other structures based in the dermis.

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Pakistan

Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia.

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Palaeontology (journal)

Palaeontology is one of the two scientific journals of the Palaeontological Association (the other being Papers in Palaeontology).

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Paleocene

The Paleocene, or Palaeocene, is a geological epoch that lasted from about 66 to 56 million years ago (mya).

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Pelagosaurus

Pelagosaurus (meaning "lizard of the open sea") is an extinct genus of thalattosuchian crocodyliform that lived during the Toarcian stage of the Lower Jurassic, around 183 Ma to 176 Ma (million years ago), in shallow epicontinental seas that covered much of what is now Western Europe. Hyposaurus and Pelagosaurus are Prehistoric marine crocodylomorphs and Prehistoric pseudosuchian genera.

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Pholidosaurus

Pholidosaurus is an extinct genus of neosuchian crocodylomorph. Hyposaurus and Pholidosaurus are Prehistoric pseudosuchian genera.

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Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society

Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society is a quarterly journal published by the American Philosophical Society since 1838.

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Protosuchia

Protosuchia is a group of extinct Mesozoic crocodyliforms.

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Protosuchus

Protosuchus (from protos, "first" and souchos, "crocodile") is an extinct genus of carnivorous crocodyliform from the Early Jurassic. Hyposaurus and Protosuchus are Prehistoric pseudosuchian genera.

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Quadratojugal bone

The quadratojugal is a skull bone present in many vertebrates, including some living reptiles and amphibians.

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Reptile

Reptiles, as commonly defined, are a group of tetrapods with usually an ectothermic ('cold-blooded') metabolism and amniotic development.

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Richard Owen

Sir Richard Owen (20 July 1804 – 18 December 1892) was an English biologist, comparative anatomist and palaeontologist.

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Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia and the Middle East.

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Sea

A sea is a large body of salty water.

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Sebecus

Sebecus (meaning "Sebek" in Latin) is an extinct genus of sebecid crocodylomorph from Eocene of South America. Hyposaurus and Sebecus are Prehistoric pseudosuchian genera.

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Shantungosuchus

Shantungosuchus is an extinct genus of Early Cretaceous crocodyliform found in China. Hyposaurus and Shantungosuchus are Prehistoric pseudosuchian genera.

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Shendi Formation

The Shendi Formation is a Late Cretaceous geologic formation of the Atbara-Shendi Basin in northern Sudan.

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Sichuanosuchus

Sichuanosuchus is an extinct genus of crocodyliform from the Late Jurassic and possibly Early Cretaceous of China. Hyposaurus and Sichuanosuchus are Prehistoric pseudosuchian genera.

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South America

South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere.

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South Carolina

South Carolina is a state in the coastal Southeastern region of the United States.

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Species

A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.

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Sudan

Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa.

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Taxon

In biology, a taxon (back-formation from taxonomy;: taxa) is a group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit.

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Teleosauridae

Teleosauridae is a family of extinct typically marine crocodylomorphs similar to the modern gharial that lived during the Jurassic period. Hyposaurus and Teleosauridae are Prehistoric marine crocodylomorphs.

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Terminonaris

Terminonaris is a genus of extinct pholidosaurid crocodyliforms that lived during the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian and TuronianWu X-C, Russell AP, & Cumbaa SL. 2001. Terminonaris (Archosauria: Crocodyliformes): new material from Saskatchewan, Canada, and comments on its phylogenetic relationships. Hyposaurus and Terminonaris are late Cretaceous crocodylomorphs of North America, Prehistoric marine crocodylomorphs and Prehistoric pseudosuchian genera.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyposaurus

Also known as Hyposaurus derbianus, Hyposaurus nopcsai, Hyposaurus rogersii, Sokotosaurus, Wurnosaurus.

, New Jersey, Niger, Nigeria, Nomen dubium, North America, Orthosuchus, Orville Adalbert Derby, Osteoderm, Pakistan, Palaeontology (journal), Paleocene, Pelagosaurus, Pholidosaurus, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Protosuchia, Protosuchus, Quadratojugal bone, Reptile, Richard Owen, Saudi Arabia, Sea, Sebecus, Shantungosuchus, Shendi Formation, Sichuanosuchus, South America, South Carolina, Species, Sudan, Taxon, Teleosauridae, Terminonaris, Thanetian, Virginia, Williamsburg Formation.

Hyposaurus, the Glossary

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See also

Dyrosaurids

Fossil taxa described in 1849

Fossils of New Jersey

Fossils of South Carolina

Itaboraian

Late Cretaceous crocodylomorphs of Africa

Late Cretaceous crocodylomorphs of North America

Maastrichtian genus first appearances

Paleocene crocodylomorphs

Paleocene genus extinctions

Paleocene reptiles of Africa

Paleocene reptiles of North America

Paleocene reptiles of South America

Paleogene Brazil

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