Chatterjeeinae

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Chatterjeeines
Fossil range: Late Triassic
Effigia.
Effigia.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
(unranked) Crurotarsi
Order: Rauisuchia
Family: Poposauridae
Subfamily: Chatterjeeinae
Long & Murray, 1995
Genera

Effigia
Shuvosaurus
Sillosuchus

Chatterjeeinae is a subfamily of the family Poposauridae, first named by Long and Murray in 1995, and anchored on the genus Chatterjeea. In 2007, Nesbitt showed that the poposaurid Effigia was very similar to Shuvosaurus, and was a member of the crurotarsan group Suchia (in the line leading towards modern crocodilians). Furthermore, Nesbitt demonstrated that Shuvosaurus was the same animal as Chatterjeea, and that it formed a clade inside Poposauridae with Effigia and the South American Sillosuchus. Despite the fact that Chatterjeea was no longer a valid name separate from Shuvosaurus, Nesbitt continued to use the name Chatterjeeinae for this group, in accordance with ICZN rules of naming priority.[1]


[edit] References

  1. ^ Nesbitt, S. (2007). "The anatomy of Effigia okeeffeae (Archosauria, Suchia), theropod-like convergance, and the distribution of related taxa." Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 302: 84 pp.
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