Apachesuchus
Apachesuchus is an extinct genus of aetosaur from the Late Triassic (late Norian) of Quay County, eastern New Mexico.
| Apachesuchus Temporal range: Late Triassic, late Norian | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | †Aetosauria |
| Family: | †Stagonolepididae |
| Subfamily: | †Typothoracisinae |
| Genus: | †Apachesuchus Spielmann and Lucas, 2012 |
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Description
The holotype and referred material of Apachesuchus were initially described by Heckert et al. (2001) as similar to the South American Neoaetosauroides.[1] In their 2012 monograph on vertebrates of the Redonda Formation, however, Justin Spielmann and Spencer Lucas decided that the material reported by Heckert et al. was sufficiently distinct to be recognized as a distinct genus and species, which they named Apachesuchus heckerti in honor of Andrew Heckert.[2]
References
- Heckert et al. (2001) Heckert AB, Lucas SG, Hunt AP, Harris JD. A giant phytosaur (Reptilia: Archosauria) skull from the Redonda Formation (Upper Triassic: Apachean) of east-central New Mexico. In: Lucas SG, Ulmer-Scholle DS, editors. Geology of the Llano Estacado, 52nd Field Conference. Socorro: New Mexico Geological Society; 2001. pp. 169–176. (New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook).
- J. A. Spielmann and S. G. Lucas. 2012. Tetrapod fauna of the Upper Triassic Redonda formation, East-Central New Mexico: the characteristic assemblage of the Apachean land-vertebrate faunachron. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Bulletin 55:1-119.
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