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Bretesuchus bonapartei

Osteichthyes - Sebecidae

Taxonomy
Bretesuchus bonapartei was named by Gasparini et al. (1993). Its type specimen is PVL 4735, a partial skull (Skull and jaw partially complete), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Estancia El Brete (Paleocene), which is in a Paleocene floodplain sandstone/siltstone in the Maiz Gordo Formation of Argentina.

Entered
by P. Mannion on 2011-07-15; modified by P. Mannion on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Bretesuchus bonapartei Gasparini et al.
2010Bretesuchus bonapartei Turner and Sertich
2011Bretesuchus bonapartei Carvalho et al.
2011Bretesuchus bonapartei Montefeltro et al.
2012Bretesuchus bonapartei Bronzati et al.
2014Bretesuchus bonapartei Sertich and O'Connor

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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
ZiphosuchiaOrtega et al. 2000
suborderSebecosuchiaColbert 1946
Sebecoidea
familySebecidae
genusBretesuchus
speciesbonapartei

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.

Bretesuchus bonapartei Gasparini et al. 1993
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available