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Borealosuchus acutidentatus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Leidyosuchus acutidentatus was named by Sternberg (1932). Its type specimen is Geol. Surv. Can. No. 8544, a partial skeleton (skull, left dentary, part of right dentary, splenial, parts of anterior vertebrae, parts of left fore limb and dermal scutes), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Southeast of Montague Lake, which is in a Danian terrestrial siltstone in the Ravenscrag Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Borealosuchus acutidentatus by Brochu (1997), Brochu (2000), Wu et al. (2001), Puértolas et al. (2011) and Bronzati et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Leidyosuchus acutidentatus Sternberg p. 128
1986Leidyosuchus acutidentatus Lucas and Sullivan p. 36
1997Borealosuchus acutidentatus Brochu
2000Borealosuchus acutidentatus Brochu p. 181
2001Borealosuchus acutidentatus Wu et al. p. 1691
2011Borealosuchus acutidentatus Puértolas et al.
2012Borealosuchus acutidentatus Bronzati et al.

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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()
RankNameAuthor
Romeriida
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
NeosuchiaClark 1988
suborderEusuchiaHuxley 1875
genusBorealosuchus
speciesacutidentatus()

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.

Borealosuchus acutidentatus Sternberg 1932
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983

Age range: Puercan or 66.00000 to 63.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (New Mexico) Leidyosuchus acutidentatus (84549)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Canada (Saskatchewan) Leidyosuchus acutidentatus (type locality: 22924)