Information about Allodaposuchus

Allodaposuchus
Fossil range: Mid to Late Cretaceous
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Sauropsida
Subclass:Diapsida
Infraclass:Archosauromorpha
Superorder:Crocodylomorpha
Genus:Allodaposuchus
Species
  • A. precedens Nopcsa, 1928
  • ?A. affuvelensis (Nopsca, 1915)
Allodaposuchus was an ancient reptile very close to the ancestor of today's crocodilians. It lived during the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian) of Southern Europe (France, Spain, Romania). It had strong jaws to rip its prey to pieces when it brought the victim down.

Fragmentary remains of the species Allodaposuchus precedens were found at Valioara, in the Hateg Basin in Romania. The species A. affuvelensis considered a synonym of A. precedens have been found in France. More recently (2006), a complete skull of A. precedens has been discovered in the Maastrichtian locality of Oarda de Jos in the southwestern Transylvanian Basin of Romania and shed new lights on the phylogeny of the genus.

It probably grew to about 10 feet long in length, depending what type of environment it lived in.

In popular culture

Allodaposuchus is featured in the second episode of the Discovery Channel TV series Dinosaur Planet.

References

Late Cretaceous (100mya - 65mya) refers to the second half of the Cretaceous Period, named after the famous white chalk cliffs of southern England, which date from this time. Rocks deposited during the Late Cretaceous Period are referred to as the Upper Cretaceous Series.
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Chordata
Bateson, 1885

Typical Classes

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Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates.
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Sauropsida ("lizard-face") is a group of amniotes that includes reptiles, dinosaurs, and birds. Among amniotes, sauropsida is distinguished from theropsida ("beast-face"), also called synapsids.

Taxonomy

Classification to order level, after Benton, 2004.
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Diapsida
Osborn, 1903

Groups

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Diapsids ("two arches") are a group of tetrapod animals that developed two holes (temporal fenestra) in each side of their skulls, about 300 million years ago during the late Carboniferous period.
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Archosauromorpha
von Huene, 1946

Orders

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Archosauromorpha (Greek for "ruling lizard forms") is an Infraclass of diapsid reptiles that first appeared during the late Permian and became more common during the Triassic.
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Crocodylomorpha
Hay, 1930

Orders

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The Crocodylomorpha are an important group of archosaurs that include the crocodilians and their extinct relatives.
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Crocodilia
Owen, 1842

black: range of Crocodilia


Families
  • Gavialidae
  • Alligatoridae
  • Crocodylidae


Crocodilia
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Late Cretaceous (100mya - 65mya) refers to the second half of the Cretaceous Period, named after the famous white chalk cliffs of southern England, which date from this time. Rocks deposited during the Late Cretaceous Period are referred to as the Upper Cretaceous Series.
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The Campanian is a stage on the geologic time scale occurring from 83.5 ± 0.7 Ma to 70.6 ± 0.6 Ma (million years ago).

It is the middle stage of the Late Cretaceous Epoch.

It is named after the French village of Champagne in the departement Charente-Maritime.
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The Maastrichtian is the last stage of the Cretaceous period, and therefore of the Mesozoic era. It spanned from 70.6 ± 0.6 Ma to 65.5 ± 0.3 Ma (million years ago).
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