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Sphenosuchia
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Nominal Author | Bonaparte 1972 |
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Taxon Status | ACTIVE |
Comments | There has been much debate about the monophyly of Sphenosuchia in the last 15 years, some arguing for its existence (e.g. Sereno and Wild 1992, Wu and Chatterjee 1993) and others against (e.g. Clark et al. 2001, Clark and Sues 2002). Recently Sues et al. (2003) again yielded a tree with weak support for sphenosuchian monophyly. Here the taxon is anchored by one of its most derived members, Terrestrisuchus gracilis, and includes the eponymous, albeit more basal, Sphenosuchus acutus. In this way, use of the taxon Sphenosuchia, defined here for the first time, wwill be limited to clades that capture the historical essence of the name. |
Potential Synonomy | Sphenosuchidae |
Active Phylogenetic Definition | |
Active Definition |
The most inclusive clade containing Terrestrisuchus gracilis Crush 1984 but not Crocodylus niloticus (Laurenti 1768) and including Sphenosuchus acutus Haughton 1915.
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Shorthand |
> Terrestrisuchus gracilis but not Crocodylus niloticus + Sphenosuchus acutus. |
Definitional Author |
Sereno 2005 |
Definition Status | ORIGINAL |
Definition Type | STEM |
Node-Stem Triplet | NO |
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Terrestrisuchus gracilis |
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Crocodylus niloticus
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Sphenosuchus acutus |
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