| Description | Stratiotosuchus (from Greek, στρατιώτης (stratiōtēs, "soldier") and σοῦχος (suchos, "crocodile")) is an extinct genus of baurusuchid mesoeucrocodylian from the Adamantina Formation in Brazil. It lived during the Late Cretaceous. The first fossils were found in the 1980s, and the type species Stratiotosuchus maxhechti was named in 2001. A hyperpredator, it and other baurusuchids may have filled niches occupied elsewhere by theropod dinosaurs.
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| Rank | genus |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Baurusuchidae : Stratiotosuchus |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Baurusuchidae : Stratiotosuchus |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Scientific Name | Stratiotosuchus Campos, Martin Suarez, Riff & Kellner, 2001 |
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| Name Published In | Bol Mus Nac Nova Ser Geol 57, 05 Setembro |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Stratiotosuchus | genus | belongs to Baurusuchidae | stated with evidence | Campos et al., 2001 | | Stratiotosuchus | genus | belongs to Baurusuchidae | stated without evidence | Nobre and Carvalho, 2006 | | Stratiotosuchus | genus | belongs to Baurusuchidae | stated with evidence | Pinheiro et al., 2008 | | Stratiotosuchus | genus | belongs to Baurusuchidae | stated without evidence | Martinelli and Pais, 2008 | | Stratiotosuchus | genus | belongs to Notosuchia | stated without evidence | Fiorelli and Calvo, 2008 | | Stratiotosuchus | genus | belongs to Baurusuchidae | stated with evidence | Nascimento and Zaher, 2011 | | Stratiotosuchus | genus | belongs to Baurusuchidae | stated without evidence | Carvalho et al., 2011 | | Stratiotosuchus | genus | belongs to Baurusuchinae | stated with evidence | Montefeltro et al., 2011 | | Stratiotosuchus | genus | belongs to Sebecosuchia | stated without evidence | Pol and Powell, 2011 | | Stratiotosuchus | genus | belongs to Notosuchia | stated with evidence | Bronzati et al., 2012 | | Stratiotosuchus | genus | belongs to Sebecosuchia | stated with evidence | Pol et al., 2012 | | Stratiotosuchus | genus | belongs to Baurusuchidae | stated with evidence | Pol et al., 2014 | | Stratiotosuchus | genus | belongs to Baurusuchinae | stated with evidence | Godoy et al., 2014 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 83.5 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 83.5 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous |
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| Environment | marine (based on Mesoeucrocodylia) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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| Diet | carnivore (based on Pseudosuchia) |
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| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | D. d. A. Campos, J. M. Suarez, and D. Riff, A. W. A. Kellner. 2001. Short note on a new Baurusuchidae (Crocodyliformes, Metasuchia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Brazil. Boletim do Museu Nacional, Geologia 57:1-7 |
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| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratiotosuchus |
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| Campos D. d. A., Suarez J. M., et al (2001) Short note on a new Baurusuchidae (Crocodyliformes, Metasuchia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Brazil, Boletim do Museu Nacional, Geologia 57, 1-7 |
| Nobre P. H., Carvalho I. d. S. (2006) Adamantinasuchus navae: A new Gondwanan Crocodylomorpha (Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil, Gondwana Research 10, 370-378 doi:10.1016/j.gr.2006.05.008 |
| Fiorelli L., Calvo J. O. (2008) New remains of Notosuchus terrestris Woodward, 1896 (Crocodyliformes: Mesoeucrocodylia) from Late Cretaceous of Neuquen, Patagonia, Argentina, Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 66 1, 83-124 |
| Martinelli A. G., Pais D. F. (2008) A new baurusuchid crocodyliform (Archosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia (Argentina), Comptes Rendus Palevol 7, 371-381 doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2008.05.002 |
| Pinheiro A. E. P., Bertini R. J., et al (2008) A new specimen of Stratiotosuchus maxhechti (Baurusuchidae, Crocodyliformes) from the Adamantina Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Southeastern Brazil, Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 11 1, 37-50 doi:10.4072/rbp.2008.1.04 |
| Carvalho I. d. S., Teixeira V. P. A., et al (2011) Campinasuchus dinizi gen. et sp. nov., a new Late Cretaceous baurusuchid (Crocodyliformes) from the Bauru Basin, Brazil, Zootaxa 2871, 19-42 |
| Montefeltro F. C., Larsson H. C. E., et al (2011) A New Baurusuchid (Crocodyliformes, Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil and the Phylogeny of Baurusuchidae, PLoS One 6 7, e21916 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0021916 |
| Nascimento P. M., Zaher H. (2011) The skull of the Upper Cretaceous baurusuchid crocodile Baurusuchus alberoi Nascimento & Zaher 2010, and its phylogenetic affinities, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163, S116-S131 |
| Pol D., Powell J. E. (2011) A new sebecid mesoeucrocodylian from the Rio Loro Formation (Palaeocene) of north-western Argentina, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163, S7-S36 |
| Bronzati M., Montefeltro F. C., et al (2012) A species-level supertree of Crocodyliformes, Historical Biology 24 6, 598-606 |
| Pol D., Leardi J. M., et al (2012) Postcranial anatomy of Sebecus icaeorhinus (Crocodyliformes, Sebecidae) from the Eocene of Patagonia, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32 2, 328-354 |
| Godoy P. L., Montefeltro F. C., et al (2014) An additional baurusuchid from the Cretaceous of Brazil with evidence of interspecific predation among Crocodyliformes, PLoS One 9 5, e97138 |
| Pol D., Nascimento P. M., et al (2014) A new notosuchian from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil and the phylogeny of advanced notosuchians, PLoS One 9 4, e93105 |
| Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| original work (title/other) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| Bol Mus Nac Nova Ser Geol 57, 05 Setembro - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
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