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Bulgosuchus

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Mastodonsauridae

Taxonomy
Bulgosuchus was named by Damiani (1999). Its type is Bulgosuchus gargantua.

It was assigned to Capitosauridae by Damiani (1999); to Mastodonsauridae by Damiani (2001); and to Capitosauria by Poropat et al. (2023).

Species
B. gargantua (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Bulgosuchus Damiani p. 90 figs. 2-5
2001Bulgosuchus Damiani p. 437
2023Bulgosuchus Poropat et al. p. 136

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Eryopiformes
—Stereospondylomorpha
—Stereospondyli()
—Superstes
—Capitosauria
—Capitosauroidea()
familyMastodonsauridaeLydekker 1885
genusBulgosuchus

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.

G. †Bulgosuchus Damiani 1999
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†Bulgosuchus gargantua Damiani 1999
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available