Arambourgia

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Arambourgia
Temporal range:
Ma[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauromorpha
Clade: Archosauriformes
Order: Crocodilia
Family: Alligatoridae
Subfamily: Alligatorinae
Genus: Arambourgia
Kälin, 1940
Type species
Allognathosuchus gaudryi
de Stefano, 1905

Arambourgia is an

Hassiacosuchus haupti), but later reassigned as its own genus once again in 2004.[3] Arambourgia was likely to have been part of an early dispersal event of alligatorines from North America to Europe during the Eocene epoch. Arambourgia had non-serrated teeth and a deep orienirostral
snout, unlike the flatter snouts of most other alligatorids.

Recent studies have consistently resolved Arambourgia as a member of Alligatorinae, although its relative placement is disputed, as shown by the cladograms below.[4][5][6]

Cladogram from 2018 Bona et al. study:[4]

Alligatorinae

Ceratosuchus burdoshi

Allognathosuchus polyodon

Allognathosuchus wartheni

Navajosuchus mooki

Arambourgia gaudryi

Procaimanoidea kayi

Procaimanoidea utahensis

Wannaganosuchus brachymanus

Alligator prenasalis

Alligator mcgrewi

Alligator olseni

Alligator sinensis Chinese alligator

Culebrasuchus mesoamericanus

Alligator mississippiensis American alligator

Alligator mefferdi

Alligator thomsoni

Cladogram from 2019 Massonne et al. study:[5]

Alligatorinae

Alligator olseni

Alligator sinensis Chinese alligator

Alligator thomsoni

Alligator mefferdi

Alligator mississippiensis American alligator

Procaimanoidea utahensis

Procaimanoidea kayi

Arambourgia gaudryi

Hassiacosuchus haupti

Wannaganosuchus brachymanus

Allognathosuchus wartheni

Allognathosuchus polyodon

Cladogram from 2020 Cossette & Brochu study:[6]

Alligatorinae

Ceratosuchus burdoshi

Hassiacosuchus haupti

Navajosuchus mooki

Allognathosuchus polyodon

Wannaganosuchus brachymanus

Arambourgia gaudryi

Procaimanoidea kayi

Procaimanoidea utahensis

Alligator olseni

Alligator sinensis Chinese alligator

Alligator mississippiensis American alligator

Alligator mefferdi

Alligator thomsoni

References

  1. PMID 34567843
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  2. ^ Rauhe, M. (1990). "Habit-Habitus-Wechselbeziehung von Allognathosuchus gaudryi Stefano 1905 (=Allognathosuchus haupti Weitzel 1935)". Geologisches Jahrbuch Hessen. 118: 53–61.
  3. S2CID 85050852
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