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Yacarerani boliviensis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Yacarerani boliviensis was named by Novas et al. (2009). Its type specimen is MNK-PAL5063, a skeleton (Complete skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Amboro National Park, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian fluvial sandstone in the Cajones Formation of Bolivia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Yacarerani boliviensis Novas et al.
2010Yacarerani boliviensis Turner and Sertich
2012Yacarerani boliviensis Bronzati et al.
2014Yacarerani boliviensis Sertich and O'Connor

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
—Solidocrania
suborderCrocodyliformes
—MesoeucrocodyliaWhetstone and Whybrow 1983
infraorderNotosuchiaGasparini 1971
—Eunotosuchia
—Xenodontosuchia
—Sphagesauria
—Sphagesauridae(Kuhn 1968)
genusYacarerani
speciesboliviensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Yacarerani boliviensis Novas et al. 2009
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
F. E. Novas et al. 2009Notosuchian characterized by the following autapomorphies: nasals rostrally expanded above the external nares, palatines bearing a median sagittal crest, retroarticular process rounded and rostro-caudally short, jugal laterally expanded forming an ornamented prong at level of postorbital bar, incisiviforms separated from molariforms through a diastema, and molariform tooth rows rostrally convergent and almost in touch each other.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:39:01
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:39:01
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Bolivia (Santa Cruz de la Sierra) Yacarerani boliviensis (type locality: 113764)