Genus: Longosuchus HUNT & LUCAS, 1990
Etymology: In honor of Robert A. Long, and Greek, souchos, "crocodile."

Species: meadei (SAWIN, 1947) HUNT & LUCAS, 1990
Etymology:
= Typothorax meadei SAWIN, 1947

Lectotype: TMM 31185-84b

Locality: TMM Site 3, Quarry 3A (TMM Locality 31185), 3 miles north of Otis Chalk, Howard County, Texas.

Horizon: Colorado City Formation (“Pre-Tecovas Horizon”), Dockum Group.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Middle Carnian Stage, Lower Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material: Skull with premaxilla missing.

Referred material:

TMM 31185-84b: Partial skull and postcranial skeleton.

TMM 31185-97: Scapulacoracoid, humerus, ulna radius, pubes, ischium, ilium, femur, tibia, fibula, manus, pes, scutes, and a nearly complete vertebral column.

TMM 31185-84: Left humerus.

TMM 31185-84a: Fragmentary skull, poorly preserved vertebral column, appendages an dermal armor of the anterior cervical region to the proximal caudal, right scapulocoracoid, complete except for some scapular blade, The appendicular and axial skeleton and armor in Texas Memorial Museum mount is form TMM 31185-84a.

TMM 31185-84b: Numerous plates including paramedians and laterials, an incomplete vertebral column, the major limb bones and fragmentary remains of the pectoral and pelvic girdles, nearly complete left scapulocoracoid missing distal border, right humerus, posterior portion of the left iliac blade, also right ilium missing portion of anterior blade, complete right and left femora (Note from the same individual), right and left tibiae, right fibulae missing distal extremity, and left astragalus.

TMM 31185-40: Left ilium with proximal portions of ischium and pubis fused.

MCZ 2751: 2 lateral scute horns.

 


Locality: Rio Arriba County, Chama Basin, North-central New Mexico.

Horizon: Salitral member, Chinle Group.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Otischalkian?-Adamanian, Late Carnian Stage, Lower Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material:

NNMNH P-11005: A partial parameidan scute.

 

Locality: Pomona quarry, Chatham County, North Carolina.

Horizon: Pekin Formation, Early Keuper, Newark Group.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Carnian Stage, Lower Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material:

AMNH 2796, 2799, 2809, 19334: Partial paramedian scutes.

AMNH 2795, 2797-2798, 2804-1805, 19335-19336: Partial lateral scutes.

 

LONG & MURRY, 1995

Locality: TMM Site 3 (TMM Locality 31098), Howard County, Texas.

Horizon: “Pre-Tecovas Horizon”, Dockum Group.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Middle Carnian Stage, Lower Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material:

TMM 31098-29: Numerous parameidan and lateral plates and vertebrae.

TMM 31098-25: Numerous parameidan and lateral plates.

 

Locality: TMM Site 3, Quarry 3 (TMM Locality 31100), Howard County, Texas.

Horizon: “Pre-Tecovas Horizon”, Dockum Group.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Middle Carnian Stage, Lower Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material:

TMM 31100-257: Paramedian scutes.

TMM 31100-361: Paramedian scutes.

TMM 31100-294: Dorsal paramedian plate mixed with phytosaur material.

TMM 31100-518: Numerous lateral plates.

TMM 31100-517: Paramedian and lateral plates, one cervical vertebra.

TMM 31100-515: Left anterior cervical paramedian plate.

TMM 31100-520, TMM 31100-525: Numerous lateral plates.

TMM 31100-516: 3 partial parameidan plates, 2 laterial plates, 1 caudal lateral plate.

TMM 31100-312: 2 lateral plates.

TMM 31100-522: Unprepared lateral plates.

TMM 31100-234: Lateral plate.

TMM 31100-530: Complete unprepared left scapulocoracoid.

?TMM 31100-236: Partial pelvis consisting of right and left ilia and sacrum.

TMM 31100-435: Is the tail in the Texas Memorial Museum mount.

 


Locality: TMM Site 1 (TMM Locality 31213), Borden County, Texas.

Horizon: “Pre-Tecovas Horizon”, Dockum Group.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Middle Carnian Stage, Lower Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material:

TMM 31213-14: 2 lateral plates from the mid-cervical region.

 

HECKERT, LUCAS & HUNT, 1995

Locality: Texas.

Horizon: Colorado City Member, Dockum Formation, Chinle Group.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Otischakien, Early Carnian Stage, Lower Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material:

Number: Not given:

 

LUCAS, 1998

Locality: Bed XVI, Localtiy XVI, southwest of Imi n’Tanoute, Province de Marrakech, Moroccan Western Atlas.

Horizon: Irohalene Member, Timesgadiouine Formation (Argana Formation?) Argana Group.

Biostratigraphy: Lower level of T5, Middle Series.

Age: Late Carnian or Early Norian Stage, Upper Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material:

Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris MNHN ALM 508, 509, 510: 3 incomplete dorsal lateral scutes.

 

LUCAS, HUNT & KAHLE, 1993

Locality: Otis Chalk, Quarry 1, Howard County, West Texas

Horizon: Dockum Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Early Tuvalian, Late Carnian Stage, Lower Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material:

Number: Not given: Dermal scutes.