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Pissarrachampsa sera

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Pissarrachampsa sera was named by Montefeltro et al. (2011). Its type specimen is LPRP/USP 0019, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Inhaúmas-Arantes Farm, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone in the Adamantina Formation of Brazil. It is the type species of Pissarrachampsa.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Pissarrachampsa sera Montefeltro et al.
2014Pissarrachampsa sera Godoy et al.
2016Pissarrachampsa sera Godoy et al.

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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
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—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
—Eunotosuchia
—Xenodontosuchia
—Baurusuchia(Walker 1968)
—Baurusuchidae()
—Pissarrachampsinae()
genusPissarrachampsa
speciessera

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.

†Pissarrachampsa sera Montefeltro et al. 2011
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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: Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Brazil (Minas Gerais) Pissarrachampsa sera (type locality: 112695)