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Procaimanoidea kayi

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Hassiacosuchus kayi was named by Mook (1941). Its type specimen is CM 9600, a skeleton (near perfect skull, jaws and post-cranial skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Levitt Creek, Mountain View, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.

It was recombined as Procaimanoidea kayi by Wassersug and Hecht (1967) and Brochu (1999).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Hassiacosuchus kayi Mook
1967Procaimanoidea kayi Wassersug and Hecht p. 32
1999Procaimanoidea kayi Brochu

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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
—NeosuchiaClark 1988
suborderEusuchiaHuxley 1875
—Crocodylia(Owen 1842)
—Alligatoroidea(Gray 1844)
—Globidonta
genusProcaimanoidea
specieskayi()

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.

†Procaimanoidea kayi Mook 1941
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoreuc
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:59
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:59
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983

Age range: Bridgerian or 50.30000 to 46.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Utah) Procaimanoidea kayi (16396)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Hassiacosuchus kayi (144593)