诺托鳄龙属学名Notochampsa)是种已灭绝鳄形超目,是原鳄亚目的一属[1],化石被发现于南非卡鲁超群艾略特组上层、以及克莱伦斯组(Clarens Formation)下层,地质年代相当于侏罗纪早期[2][3][4]

诺托鳄龙属
化石时期:侏罗纪早期
科学分类 编辑
界: 动物界 Animalia
门: 脊索动物门 Chordata
纲: 爬行纲 Reptilia
科: 原鳄科 Protosuchidae
属: 诺托鳄龙属 Notochampsa
Broom, 1904
模式种
伊氏诺托鳄龙
Notochampsa istedana

Broom, 1904

在1904年,罗伯特·布鲁姆(Robert Broom)叙述、命名这些化石,模式种伊氏诺托鳄龙N. istedana[5]。同时,布鲁姆还命名第二个种,长足诺托鳄龙(N. longipes)。在1924年,长足诺托鳄龙被建立为新属,红鳄龙属Erythrochampsa[6]

诺托鳄龙科(Notochampsidae)名称来自于诺托鳄龙属,近年学界较少使用诺托鳄龙科,本科普遍被认为可能是原鳄科的异名[7]。在过去历史中,诺托鳄龙科曾经包含:佩德弋鳄原鳄DyoplaxPlatyognathus[8],以及直鳄Microchampsa[9]。 诺托鳄龙曾经被归类于喙头鳄亚目[10]

参考资料

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  1. ^ Walker, A. D. A revision of Sphenosuchus acutus Haughton, a crocodylomorph reptile from the Elliot Formation (Late Triassic or Early Jurassic) of South Africa. Philosophical Transactions: Biological Sciences. 1990, 330 (1256): 1–120. doi:10.1098/rstb.1990.0185. 
  2. ^ Nash, D. S. The morphology and relationships of a crocodilian, Orthosuchus stormbergi, from the Upper Triassic of Lesotho. Annals of the South African Museum. 1975, 67 (1975)(7): 227–329. 
  3. ^ Durand, J. F. Major African contributions to Palaeozoic and Mesozoic vertebrate palaeontology. Journal of African Earth Sciences. Phanerozoic Evolution of Africa. 2005, 43 (1–3): 53–82. doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2005.07.014. 
  4. ^ Kitching, J. W.; and Raath, M. A. Fossils from the Elliot and Clarens formations (Karoo sequence) of the northeastern Cape, Orange Free State and Lesotho, and a suggested biozonation based on tetrapods. Paleontologica Africana. 1984, 25: 111–125. 
  5. ^ Broom, R. On a new crocodilian genus (Notochampsa) from the upper Stormberg beds of South Africa. Geological Magazine, new series, decade 5. 1904, 1: 582–584. 
  6. ^ Haughton, S. H. The fauna and stratigraphy of the Stormberg Series. Annals of the South African Museum. 1924, 12: 323–497. 
  7. ^ Taxon Search - Notochampsidae. [2009-09-12]. (原始内容存档于2008-04-05). 
  8. ^ Romer, A. S. Osteology of the Reptiles. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 1956. ISBN 0-89464-985-X. 
  9. ^ Steel, R. Crocodylia. Kuhn, O. (ed.) (编). Handbuch der Palaoherpetologie 16. Stuttgart: G. Fischer Verlag. 1973: 1–116. 
  10. ^ Huene, F. von. Die Bedeutung der Sphenosuchus-Gruppe fur den Ursprung der Krokodile. Z. Indukt. Abstamm.-u. Vererblehre. 1925, 38: 307–322. doi:10.1007/BF02118235. 

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