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Mekosuchinae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)157962https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=157962
Ranksubfamily (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Crocodylidae : Mekosuchinae
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Archosauromorpha
-CrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
-EucrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-Archosauria
-Pseudosuchia
-SuchiaKrebs 1974
-ParacrocodylomorphaParrish 1993
-Loricata
-Crocodylomorpha
suborderCrocodyliformesHay 1930
-MesoeucrocodyliaWhetstone and Whybrow 1983
-NeosuchiaClark 1988
suborderEusuchiaHuxley 1875
-Crocodylia
-BrevirostresCuvier
superfamilyCrocodyloideaDeraniyagala 1939
familyCrocodylidaeCuvier 1807
subfamilyMekosuchinaeBalouet and Buffetaut 1987
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Mekosuchinaeunranked cladebelongs to Crocodyloideastated with evidenceSalisbury and Willis, 1996
Mekosuchinaesubfamilybelongs to Crocodylidaestated with evidenceMolnar et al., 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)36
First Recorded Appearance56.0 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance0.01 Ma
Pleistocene
Environmentmarine (based on Mesoeucrocodylia)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Crocodylia)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J.-C. Balouet and E. Buffetaut. 1987. Mekosuchus inexpectatus, n. g., n. sp., Crocodilien nouveau de l'Holocene de Nouvelle Caledonie [Mekosuchus inexpectatus, n.g., n.sp., a new Holocene crocdilian from New Caledonia]. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences. Serie II 304(14):853-856

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Mekosuchini ✝
tribe		listed (PBDB)2228.4 Ma
Oligocene		0.01 Ma
Pleistocene
Australosuchus ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		428.4 Ma
Oligocene		28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Baru ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1228.4 Ma
Oligocene		11.6 Ma
Miocene
Harpacochampsa ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		116.0 Ma
Miocene		16.0 Ma
Miocene
Kalthifrons ✝
genus		doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		15.33 Ma
Miocene		5.33 Ma
Miocene
Kambara ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		456.0 Ma
Paleocene		48.6 Ma
Eocene
Pallimnarchus ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		195.33 Ma
Miocene		0.13 Ma
Pleistocene
Ultrastenos ✝
genus		doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		228.4 Ma
Oligocene		28.4 Ma
Oligocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1987Mekosuchinae Balouet and Buffetaut
1996Mekosuchinae Salisbury and Willis
2002Mekosuchinae Molnar et al. p. 613

References

Balouet J.-C., Buffetaut E. (1987) Mekosuchus inexpectatus, n. g., n. sp., Crocodilien nouveau de l'Holocene de Nouvelle Caledonie [Mekosuchus inexpectatus, n.g., n.sp., a new Holocene crocdilian from New Caledonia], Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences. Serie II 304 14, 853-856
Salisbury S. W., Willis P. M. A. (1996) A new crocodylian from the early Eocene of south-eastern Queensland and a preliminary investigation of the phylogenetic relationships of crocodyloids, Alcheringa 20, 179-226
Molnar R. E., Worthy T., et al (2002) An extinct Pleistocene endemic mekosuchine crocodylian from Fiji, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22 3, 612-628
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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