Loricata

Loricata is a clade of archosaur reptiles that includes crocodilians and some of their Triassic relatives, such as Postosuchus and Prestosuchus. More specifically, Loricata includes Crocodylomorpha and most "rauisuchians", a paraphyletic grade of large terrestrial pseudosuchians which were alive in the Triassic period and ancestral to crocodylomorphs.

Loricata

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
ParacrocodylomorphaPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Pseudosuchia
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Diapsida

Time the record covers

At least 248 million years on record.

The record covers at least 248.6 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 251.902 Mya to 0 Mya.

Permian — about 0 of 5712 occurrencesEarly Triassic — about 3 of 5712 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 19 of 5712 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 140 of 5712 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 142 of 5712 occurrencesEarly JurassicMiddle Jurassic — about 236 of 5712 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 453 of 5712 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 624 of 5712 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 1487 of 5712 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 337 of 5712 occurrencesEocene — about 663 of 5712 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 154 of 5712 occurrencesMiocene — about 842 of 5712 occurrencesPliocene — about 157 of 5712 occurrencesPleistocene — about 381 of 5712 occurrences257–248 Mya — about 2 occurrences248–240 Mya — about 10 occurrences240–231 Mya — about 31 occurrences231–223 Mya — about 34 occurrences223–214 Mya — about 35 occurrences214–206 Mya — about 38 occurrences206–197 Mya — about 46 occurrences197–188 Mya — about 34 occurrences188–180 Mya — about 57 occurrences180–171 Mya — about 23 occurrences171–163 Mya — about 204 occurrences163–154 Mya — about 94 occurrences154–146 Mya — about 310 occurrences146–137 Mya — about 192 occurrences137–128 Mya — about 71 occurrences128–120 Mya — about 196 occurrences120–111 Mya — about 123 occurrences111–103 Mya — about 92 occurrences103–94 Mya — about 196 occurrences94–86 Mya — about 70 occurrences86–77 Mya — about 333 occurrences77–69 Mya — about 629 occurrences69–60 Mya — about 500 occurrences60–51 Mya — about 350 occurrences51–43 Mya — about 224 occurrences43–34 Mya — about 201 occurrences34–26 Mya — about 109 occurrences26–17 Mya — about 235 occurrences17–8.6 Mya — about 495 occurrences8.6–0 Mya — about 780 occurrences248.6 Mya11.7 ka257 Mya0 Mya

5,712 occurrences of Loricata on record, most of them in the Late Cretaceous. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

5,712 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

967 formations

Hell Creek — 47.80°N, 106.10°WHell Creek — 47.68°N, 106.43°WHell Creek — 45.95°N, 103.96°WHell Creek — 46.10°N, 103.30°WHell Creek — 45.98°N, 103.75°WHell Creek — 46.41°N, 103.94°WHell Creek — 46.38°N, 103.96°WHell Creek — 46.18°N, 103.84°WHell Creek — 46.14°N, 103.80°WHell Creek — 46.46°N, 104.02°WHell Creek — 46.33°N, 103.90°WHell Creek — 45.94°N, 103.95°WHell Creek — 45.53°N, 101.63°WHell Creek — 47.55°N, 107.13°WHell Creek — 47.62°N, 107.32°WHell Creek — 47.52°N, 106.98°WHell Creek — 47.57°N, 107.10°WHell Creek — 47.52°N, 106.40°WHell Creek — 47.58°N, 106.30°WHell Creek — 47.55°N, 107.25°WHell Creek — 47.60°N, 106.43°WHell Creek — 47.53°N, 106.92°WHell Creek — 47.07°N, 106.92°WHell Creek — 47.60°N, 107.23°WHell Creek — 46.90°N, 101.50°WHell Creek — 46.09°N, 100.63°WHell Creek — 47.60°N, 107.00°WHell Creek — 47.32°N, 107.15°WHell Creek — 47.95°N, 105.63°WHell Creek — 46.33°N, 104.01°WHell Creek — 45.83°N, 103.90°WHell Creek — 46.41°N, 103.50°WHell Creek — 46.24°N, 107.38°WHell Creek — 47.64°N, 106.57°WHell Creek — 45.66°N, 105.08°WHell Creek — 45.89°N, 104.55°WHell Creek — 45.50°N, 103.10°WHell Creek — 45.64°N, 103.49°WHell Creek — 45.95°N, 104.92°WHell Creek — 45.00°N, 103.19°WHell Creek — 46.00°N, 103.19°WWillwood — 43.95°N, 107.57°WWillwood — 44.30°N, 109.00°WWillwood — 44.83°N, 109.09°WWillwood — 44.63°N, 108.89°WWillwood — 44.44°N, 108.63°WWillwood — 44.50°N, 108.67°WWillwood — 44.56°N, 108.70°WWillwood — 44.59°N, 108.62°WWillwood — 44.53°N, 108.43°WWillwood — 44.37°N, 108.67°WWillwood — 44.65°N, 108.54°WWillwood — 44.60°N, 108.32°WWillwood — 44.59°N, 108.41°WWillwood — 44.53°N, 108.32°WWillwood — 44.65°N, 108.72°WWillwood — 44.65°N, 108.54°WWillwood — 44.52°N, 108.57°WWillwood — 44.65°N, 108.90°WWillwood — 44.65°N, 108.83°WWillwood — 44.64°N, 108.76°WWillwood — 44.41°N, 108.79°WWillwood — 44.33°N, 108.77°WWillwood — 43.92°N, 108.66°WWillwood — 44.10°N, 108.03°WWillwood — 44.28°N, 108.58°WWillwood — 44.30°N, 108.20°WSolimões — 8.78°S, 68.90°WSolimões — 10.13°S, 67.81°WSolimões — 9.08°S, 68.67°WSolimões — 8.16°S, 70.55°WSolimões — 9.05°S, 68.77°WSolimões — 7.84°S, 69.15°WSolimões — 8.24°S, 70.42°WSolimões — 9.03°S, 69.47°WSolimões — 9.43°S, 70.51°WSolimões — 9.09°S, 69.86°WSolimões — 9.12°S, 70.13°WSolimões — 9.22°S, 69.91°WSolimões — 9.15°S, 70.23°WSolimões — 9.33°S, 70.37°WSolimões — 9.37°S, 69.94°WSolimões — 8.79°S, 67.47°WSolimões — 9.19°S, 68.70°WSolimões — 9.27°S, 68.71°WSolimões — 9.40°S, 68.74°WSolimões — 10.15°S, 69.30°WSolimões — 10.21°S, 69.38°WSolimões — 10.30°S, 69.48°WSolimões — 10.98°S, 69.71°WSolimões — 10.95°S, 69.66°WSolimões — 10.94°S, 69.52°WSolimões — 10.94°S, 69.43°WSolimões — 10.94°S, 69.35°WSolimões — 7.61°S, 73.39°WSolimões — 8.18°S, 72.78°WSolimões — 8.98°S, 72.75°WSolimões — 9.13°S, 72.70°WSolimões — 9.20°S, 72.72°WSolimões — 9.39°S, 72.72°WSolimões — 8.24°S, 73.26°WSolimões — 8.29°S, 73.25°WSolimões — 8.37°S, 72.81°WSolimões — 8.83°S, 72.78°WSolimões — 8.86°S, 72.77°WSolimões — 8.99°S, 72.76°WSolimões — 9.28°S, 72.69°WSolimões — 11.00°S, 68.77°WSolimões — 6.50°S, 69.67°WMorrison — 39.15°N, 108.77°WMorrison — 40.42°N, 109.21°WMorrison — 41.91°N, 105.96°WMorrison — 38.54°N, 105.22°WMorrison — 41.88°N, 106.11°WMorrison — 39.68°N, 105.19°WMorrison — 41.99°N, 106.08°WMorrison — 41.97°N, 106.29°WMorrison — 41.88°N, 105.89°WMorrison — 44.18°N, 103.34°WMorrison — 44.46°N, 104.73°WMorrison — 38.81°N, 108.32°WMorrison — 38.32°N, 108.83°WMorrison — 40.44°N, 109.30°WMorrison — 39.17°N, 108.77°WMorrison — 38.85°N, 108.48°WMorrison — 39.24°N, 109.00°WMorrison — 36.92°N, 102.98°WMorrison — 42.16°N, 105.91°WMorrison — 42.04°N, 106.39°WMorrison — 40.50°N, 109.17°WMorrison — 44.02°N, 104.24°WMorrison — 37.31°N, 103.52°WMorrison — 38.58°N, 108.40°WMorrison — 42.02°N, 106.05°WMorrison — 38.45°N, 107.40°WMorrison — 39.32°N, 110.69°WMorrison — 41.92°N, 106.36°WMorrison — 40.46°N, 108.39°WMorrison — 43.62°N, 108.18°WMorrison — 42.53°N, 106.76°WMorrison — 38.34°N, 109.10°WMorrison — 42.73°N, 108.58°WMorrison — 35.53°N, 106.90°WMorrison — 39.01°N, 111.02°WMorrison — 40.30°N, 108.57°WMorrison — 40.27°N, 108.68°WKoobi Fora — 3.90°N, 36.24°EKoobi Fora — 3.98°N, 36.32°EKoobi Fora — 4.31°N, 36.27°EKoobi Fora — 4.24°N, 36.26°EKoobi Fora — 4.29°N, 36.23°EKoobi Fora — 3.77°N, 36.44°EKoobi Fora — 3.78°N, 36.33°EKoobi Fora — 3.59°N, 36.24°EKoobi Fora — 3.87°N, 36.37°EKoobi Fora — 3.94°N, 36.25°EKoobi Fora — 4.18°N, 36.42°EKoobi Fora — 4.08°N, 36.35°EKoobi Fora — 4.07°N, 36.37°EUrumaco — 11.22°N, 70.24°WUrumaco — 11.24°N, 70.31°WUrumaco — 11.27°N, 70.22°WUrumaco — 11.38°N, 69.93°WUrumaco — 11.17°S, 70.30°WUrumaco — 11.20°N, 70.36°WDenver — 39.70°N, 104.70°WDenver — 38.91°N, 104.53°WDenver — 39.50°N, 104.70°WDenver — 39.30°N, 104.30°WLance — 43.35°N, 104.48°WLance — 43.30°N, 104.37°WLance — 44.77°N, 100.70°WLance — 43.12°N, 104.64°WLance — 41.57°N, 108.67°WLance — 41.57°N, 108.65°WLance — 43.18°N, 104.53°WLance — 43.15°N, 104.57°WLance — 43.13°N, 104.49°WLance — 43.80°N, 104.62°WLance — 45.75°N, 101.20°WLance — 45.04°N, 108.80°WLance — 43.00°N, 104.50°WLance — 43.27°N, 104.62°WLance — 43.27°N, 104.65°WLance — 43.43°N, 105.05°WLance — 45.67°N, 101.48°WLance — 45.39°N, 103.70°WLance — 41.91°N, 104.20°WLance — 43.49°N, 104.46°WCloverly — 44.51°N, 107.90°WCloverly — 43.73°N, 108.33°WCloverly — 45.34°N, 108.81°WCloverly — 44.69°N, 108.24°WCloverly — 44.98°N, 108.32°WCloverly — 45.45°N, 108.10°WCloverly — 45.44°N, 108.14°WCloverly — 45.26°N, 108.41°WCloverly — 44.04°N, 107.51°WCloverly — 44.65°N, 107.88°WCloverly — 44.50°N, 107.82°WCloverly — 44.47°N, 109.05°WCloverly — 44.44°N, 109.06°WCloverly — 45.19°N, 108.80°WCloverly — 45.80°N, 109.80°WCloverly — 45.49°N, 108.73°WCloverly — 45.10°N, 106.90°WAdamantina — 21.10°S, 49.28°WAdamantina — 21.94°S, 51.37°WAdamantina — 19.46°S, 49.25°WAdamantina — 25.73°S, 48.58°WAdamantina — 22.05°S, 51.55°WAdamantina — 21.44°S, 50.17°WAdamantina — 20.57°S, 50.47°WAdamantina — 20.34°S, 50.55°WAdamantina — 21.59°S, 51.19°WAdamantina — 21.22°S, 48.57°WAdamantina — 17.70°S, 40.77°WAdamantina — 19.34°S, 49.92°WAdamantina — 22.31°S, 50.03°WAdamantina — 19.51°S, 50.11°WAdamantina — 21.57°S, 51.35°WAdamantina — 21.30°S, 48.48°WAdamantina — 22.34°S, 49.95°WAdamantina — 21.17°S, 48.50°WAdamantina — 21.14°S, 48.97°WAdamantina — 22.12°S, 51.37°WAdamantina — 20.35°S, 49.28°WAdamantina — 21.64°S, 50.06°WAdamantina — 20.28°S, 50.25°WAdamantina — 21.33°S, 48.58°WAdamantina — 19.44°S, 49.26°WAdamantina — 18.34°S, 50.48°WAdamantina — 20.92°S, 50.45°WAdamantina — 22.00°S, 49.00°WPebas — 3.99°S, 73.17°WPebas — 4.01°S, 73.37°WPebas — 4.30°S, 73.46°WPebas — 7.36°S, 74.96°WPebas — 4.01°S, 73.03°WPebas — 2.81°S, 73.55°WPebas — 3.74°S, 73.25°WDinosaur Park — 50.81°N, 111.32°WDinosaur Park — 50.73°N, 111.53°WDinosaur Park — 50.81°N, 111.63°WDinosaur Park — 49.12°N, 110.47°WDinosaur Park — 50.75°N, 111.48°WDinosaur Park — 50.75°N, 111.40°WDinosaur Park — 49.07°N, 110.45°WDinosaur Park — 49.96°N, 110.34°WDinosaur Park — 50.56°N, 111.46°WDinosaur Park — 50.68°N, 108.09°WDinosaur Park — 50.51°N, 110.39°WChinle — 34.44°N, 109.46°WChinle — 36.33°N, 106.47°WChinle — 35.84°N, 111.25°WChinle — 34.94°N, 109.77°WChinle — 35.03°N, 109.83°WChinle — 35.11°N, 109.83°WChinle — 34.51°N, 109.36°WChinle — 35.65°N, 111.12°WChinle — 35.38°N, 109.37°WChinle — 37.56°N, 110.28°WChinle — 34.68°N, 109.58°WChinle — 36.40°N, 109.20°WChinle — 34.94°N, 109.74°WChinle — 34.77°N, 109.52°WChinle — 35.87°N, 111.33°WChinle — 35.84°N, 111.30°WChinle — 35.41°N, 108.47°WMaevarano — 15.91°S, 46.58°EMaevarano — 15.72°S, 46.32°EMaevarano — 15.98°S, 46.05°EMaevarano — 16.12°S, 45.74°EMaevarano — 16.13°S, 45.63°EFerris — 41.94°N, 106.88°WFerris — 41.80°N, 107.00°WFerris — 41.96°N, 106.89°WOldman — 50.75°N, 111.51°WOldman — 49.10°N, 110.94°WOldman — 49.08°N, 110.84°WOldman — 49.08°N, 110.68°WOldman — 49.16°N, 110.72°WOldman — 50.83°N, 111.32°WOldman — 50.48°N, 111.38°WOldman — 49.36°N, 110.58°WOldman — 49.96°N, 110.26°WFort Union — 44.91°N, 108.93°WFort Union — 44.68°N, 108.34°WFort Union — 44.68°N, 108.35°WFort Union — 44.67°N, 108.45°WFort Union — 43.85°N, 108.35°WFort Union — 44.30°N, 109.00°WFort Union — 46.05°N, 104.48°WFort Union — 46.90°N, 101.50°WFort Union — 47.60°N, 107.00°WOxford Clay — 52.54°N, 0.25°WOxford Clay — 52.60°N, 0.21°WOxford Clay — 51.83°N, 0.70°WOxford Clay — 51.75°N, 1.18°WOxford Clay — 53.54°N, 0.23°WOxford Clay — 51.37°N, 2.14°WOxford Clay — 50.61°N, 2.45°WBridger — 42.37°N, 108.91°WBridger — 42.42°N, 109.35°WBridger — 41.13°N, 110.13°WBridger — 41.70°N, 109.00°WBridger — 41.80°N, 110.70°WBridger — 41.20°N, 110.50°WBridger — 41.27°N, 110.34°WBridger — 41.27°N, 109.93°WBridger — 41.04°N, 110.23°WIsalo IIIb — 16.49°S, 47.08°EIsalo IIIb — 16.42°S, 47.13°EIsalo IIIb — 16.55°S, 46.98°EEl Castellar — 40.67°N, 0.67°WEl Castellar — 40.66°N, 0.87°WEl Castellar — 40.58°N, 0.69°WEl Castellar — 40.62°N, 0.84°WEl Castellar — 40.46°N, 0.74°WEl Castellar — 40.44°N, 0.73°WKimmeridge Clay — 51.74°N, 1.31°WKimmeridge Clay — 51.75°N, 1.18°WKimmeridge Clay — 51.25°N, 2.16°WKimmeridge Clay — 52.40°N, 0.28°EKimmeridge Clay — 50.61°N, 2.13°WKimmeridge Clay — 50.59°N, 2.47°WKimmeridge Clay — 51.56°N, 1.78°WKimmeridge Clay — 51.35°N, 1.99°WKimmeridge Clay — 51.41°N, 2.00°WKimmeridge Clay — 51.76°N, 1.20°WKimmeridge Clay — 50.63°N, 2.34°WKimmeridge Clay — 51.36°N, 1.65°WKimmeridge Clay — 50.61°N, 2.16°WPozo — 7.33°S, 74.95°WPozo — 7.33°S, 74.95°WPozo — 6.57°S, 76.27°WCedar Mountain — 38.83°N, 109.57°WCedar Mountain — 39.05°N, 111.04°WCedar Mountain — 38.72°N, 109.69°WCedar Mountain — 38.69°N, 111.26°WCedar Mountain — 38.91°N, 110.10°WCedar Mountain — 38.73°N, 109.59°WCedar Mountain — 38.83°N, 109.47°WCedar Mountain — 38.83°N, 109.27°WCedar Mountain — 38.88°N, 111.27°WCedar Mountain — 39.00°N, 111.00°WCedar Mountain — 38.64°N, 111.37°WCedar Mountain — 38.66°N, 111.24°W

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The named rock units Loricata has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 943 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 1,031 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Loricata and its relatives

Late Cretaceous

Where Loricata and its relatives were recorded in the Late Cretaceous.

Found in the same rock

2,825 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 1,457 sites for Loricata, and this reads 240 of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

2,216 references

Each of the 5,712 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 2,204 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

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Picture of Loricata

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Ryan Somma
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No 3D scan of Loricata was found in Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

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