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Gilchristosuchus palatinus

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Gilchristosuchus palatinus was named by Wu and Brinkman (1993). Its type specimen is RTMP 91.101.1, a partial skull (partial skull including postorbital region and braincase, and an incomplete cervical vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gilchrist Ranch, which is in a Santonian terrestrial horizon in the Milk River Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Gilchristosuchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Gilchristosuchus palatinus Wu and Brinkman p. 153

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
—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
genusGilchristosuchus
speciespalatinus

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.

†Gilchristosuchus palatinus Wu and Brinkman 1993
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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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Santonian or 85.70000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Canada (Alberta) Gilchristosuchus palatinus (type locality: 27531)