Susisuchus, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 47 relations: Allodaposuchus, Apomorphy and synapomorphy, Aptian, Araripe Basin, Araripesuchus, Australia, Axial skeleton, Bernissartia, Brazil, Caririsuchus, Clade, Cladogram, Crato Formation, Crocodilia, Crocodyliformes, Early Cretaceous, Eusuchia, Extinction, Femur, Fibula, Genus, Glen Rose, Texas, Goniopholis, Holotype, Hylaeochampsa, Isisfordia, Lumbar vertebrae, Mesoeucrocodylia, Neosuchia, Osteoderm, Pachycheilosuchus, Parietal bone, Phylogenetic nomenclature, Phylogenetics, Sister group, Skull roof, Squamosal bone, Temporal fenestra, Theriosuchus, Thoracic vertebrae, Tibia, Trematochampsidae, Type species, United States, Vertebra, Winton, Queensland, 2003 in paleontology.

2. Crato Formation
3. Early Cretaceous crocodylomorphs of South America
4. Neosuchians

Allodaposuchus

Allodaposuchus is an extinct genus of crocodyliforms that lived in what is now southern Europe during the Campanian and Maastrichtian stages, and possibly the Santonian stage, of the Late Cretaceous. Susisuchus and Allodaposuchus are Prehistoric pseudosuchian genera.

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Apomorphy and synapomorphy

In phylogenetics, an apomorphy (or derived trait) is a novel character or character state that has evolved from its ancestral form (or plesiomorphy).

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Aptian

The Aptian is an age in the geologic timescale or a stage in the stratigraphic column.

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Araripe Basin

The Araripe Basin is a rift basin covering about,Neto et al., 2013, p.1 in Ceará, Piauí and Pernambuco states of northeastern Brazil.

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Araripesuchus

Araripesuchus is a genus of extinct crocodyliform that existed during the Cretaceous period of the late Mesozoic era some 125 to 66 million years ago. Susisuchus and Araripesuchus are Cretaceous Brazil, early Cretaceous crocodylomorphs of South America, fossils of Brazil and Prehistoric pseudosuchian genera.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Axial skeleton

The axial skeleton is the part of the skeleton that consists of the bones of the head and trunk of a vertebrate.

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Bernissartia

Bernissartia ('of Bernissart') is an extinct genus of neosuchian crocodyliform that lived in the Early Cretaceous, around 130 million years ago. Susisuchus and Bernissartia are neosuchians and 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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Caririsuchus

Caririsuchus is an extinct genus of peirosaurid crocodylomorph. Susisuchus and Caririsuchus are Cretaceous Brazil, early Cretaceous crocodylomorphs of South America, fossils of Brazil and Prehistoric pseudosuchian genera.

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Clade

In biological phylogenetics, a clade, also known as a monophyletic group or natural group, is a grouping of organisms that are monophyletic – that is, composed of a common ancestor and all its lineal descendants – on a phylogenetic tree.

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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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Crato Formation

The Crato Formation is a geologic formation of Early Cretaceous (Aptian) age in northeastern Brazil's Araripe Basin. Susisuchus and Crato Formation are Cretaceous Brazil and fossils of Brazil.

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Crocodilia

Crocodilia (or Crocodylia, both) is an order of semiaquatic, predatory reptiles known as crocodilians.

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Crocodyliformes

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

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Early Cretaceous

The Early Cretaceous (geochronological name) or the Lower Cretaceous (chronostratigraphic name) is the earlier or lower of the two major divisions of the Cretaceous.

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Eusuchia

Eusuchia is a clade of neosuchian crocodylomorphs that first appeared in the Early Cretaceous, which includes modern crocodilians. Susisuchus and Eusuchia are neosuchians.

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Extinction

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

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Femur

The femur (femurs or femora), or thigh bone is the only bone in the thigh.

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Fibula

The fibula (fibulae or fibulas) or calf bone is a leg bone on the lateral side of the tibia, to which it is connected above and below.

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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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Glen Rose, Texas

Glen Rose is a city in and the county seat of Somervell County, Texas, United States.

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Goniopholis

Goniopholis (meaning "angled scale") is an extinct genus of goniopholidid crocodyliform that lived in Europe and North America during the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous. Susisuchus and goniopholis are Prehistoric pseudosuchian genera.

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Holotype

A holotype is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described.

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Hylaeochampsa

Hylaeochampsa is an extinct genus of eusuchian crocodylomorphs. Susisuchus and Hylaeochampsa are Prehistoric pseudosuchian genera.

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Isisfordia

Isisfordia is an extinct genus of crocodyliform closely related to crocodilians that lived in Australia during the Middle Cretaceous (Albian–Cenomanian). Susisuchus and Isisfordia are neosuchians and Prehistoric pseudosuchian genera.

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Lumbar vertebrae

The lumbar vertebrae are located between the thoracic vertebrae and pelvis.

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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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Neosuchia

Neosuchia is a clade within Mesoeucrocodylia that includes all modern extant crocodilians and their closest fossil relatives. Susisuchus and Neosuchia are neosuchians.

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Osteoderm

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

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Pachycheilosuchus

Pachycheilosuchus (meaning "thick lipped crocodile") is an extinct genus of neosuchian from the Early Cretaceous of Texas, United States. Susisuchus and Pachycheilosuchus are neosuchians and Prehistoric pseudosuchian genera.

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Parietal bone

The parietal bones are two bones in the skull which, when joined at a fibrous joint known as a cranial suture, form the sides and roof of the neurocranium.

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Phylogenetic nomenclature

Phylogenetic nomenclature is a method of nomenclature for taxa in biology that uses phylogenetic definitions for taxon names as explained below.

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Phylogenetics

In biology, phylogenetics is the study of the evolutionary history and relationships among or within groups of organisms.

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Sister group

In phylogenetics, a sister group or sister taxon, also called an adelphotaxon, comprises the closest relative(s) of another given unit in an evolutionary tree.

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Skull roof

The skull roof or the roofing bones of the skull are a set of bones covering the brain, eyes and nostrils in bony fishes and all land-living vertebrates.

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Squamosal bone

The squamosal is a skull bone found in most reptiles, amphibians, and birds.

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Temporal fenestra

Temporal fenestrae are openings in the temporal region of the skull of some amniotes, behind the orbit (eye socket).

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Theriosuchus

Theriosuchus is an extinct genus of atoposaurid neosuchian from Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous of Europe (Hungary & southern England), Southeast Asia (Thailand) and western North America (Wyoming), with fragmentary records from Middle Jurassic and Early Cretaceous sites in China, Morocco, and Scotland. Susisuchus and Theriosuchus are Prehistoric pseudosuchian genera.

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Thoracic vertebrae

In vertebrates, thoracic vertebrae compose the middle segment of the vertebral column, between the cervical vertebrae and the lumbar vertebrae.

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Tibia

The tibia (tibiae or tibias), also known as the shinbone or shankbone, is the larger, stronger, and anterior (frontal) of the two bones in the leg below the knee in vertebrates (the other being the fibula, behind and to the outside of the tibia); it connects the knee with the ankle.

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Trematochampsidae

Trematochampsidae is an extinct family of mesoeucrocodylian crocodyliforms.

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Type species

In zoological nomenclature, a type species (species typica) is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen (or specimens).

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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Vertebra

Each vertebra (vertebrae) is an irregular bone with a complex structure composed of bone and some hyaline cartilage, that make up the vertebral column or spine, of vertebrates.

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Winton, Queensland

Winton is an outback town and locality in the Shire of Winton in Central West Queensland, Australia.

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2003 in paleontology

German paleontologist and stratigrapher Heinz Walter Kozur (1942-2013) described the conodont genus Carnepigondolella.

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See also

Crato Formation

• Araripelepidotes
• Araripemys
• Araripenymphes
• Araripichthys
• Arthurdactylus
• Austroraphidia
• Axelrodichthys
• Aymberedactylus
• Beurlenia
• Brasileodactylus
• Calamopleurus
• Calanguban
• Cladocyclus
• Cratia
• Crato Formation
• Cratoavis
• Cratosolpuga
• Dastilbe
• Eurycephalella
• Gondwanagaricites
• Gracilepteryx
• Kaririavis
• Lacusovagus
• Lepidotes
• Ludodactylus
• Makarkinia
• Netoxena
• Parasabatinca
• Principiala
• Psamateia
• Rafaelnymphes
• Susisuchus
• Tetrapodophis
• Tupandactylus
• Tupuxuara
• Ubirajara jubatus
• Undopterix

Early Cretaceous crocodylomorphs of South America

• Amargasuchus
• Araripesuchus
• Barcinosuchus
• Candidodon
• Caririsuchus
• Cricosaurus
• Dakosaurus
• Sarcosuchus
• Susisuchus

Neosuchians

• Aegisuchus
• Aegyptosuchidae
• Aegyptosuchus
• Allodaposuchids
• Argochampsa
• Atoposaurids
• Bernissartia
• Bernissartiidae
• Borealosuchus
• Boverisuchus
• Burkesuchus
• Coelognathosuchia
• Confractosuchus
• Crocodilians
• Duerosuchus
• Eogavialis
• Eosuchus
• Eothoracosaurus
• Eusuchia
• Gilchristosuchus
• Goniopholidids
• Hylaeochampsids
• Isisfordia
• Khoratosuchus
• Laganosuchus
• Montsecosuchus
• Narynsuchus
• Neosuchia
• Pachycheilosuchus
• Paralligatorids
• Planocrania
• Planocraniidae
• Portugalosuchus
• Sabresuchus
• Susisuchus
• Tadzhikosuchus
• Tethysuchians
• Thoracosaurus
• Wahasuchus
• Zhyrasuchus

References

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

Also known as Susisuchidae, Susisuchus anatoceps, Susisuchus jaguaribensis.