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Baurusuchus albertoi

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Baurusuchus albertoi was named by Nascimento and Zaher (2010). Its type specimen is MZSP-PV 140, a partial skeleton (right posterior portion of a skull with mandible, part of the hyoid apparatus, a complete postcranium lacking only the 12th, 17th, and terminal caudal vertebrae), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Boa Esperança farm, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian fluvial sandstone in the Adamantina Formation of Brazil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Baurusuchus albertoi Nascimento and Zaher
2011Baurusuchus albertoi Carvalho et al.
2011Baurusuchus albertoi Montefeltro et al.
2011Baurusuchus albertoi Nascimento and Zaher
2014Baurusuchus albertoi Godoy et al.
2014Baurusuchus albertoi Pol 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()
—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()
—Baurusuchinae()
genusBaurusuchus
speciesalbertoi

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.

†Baurusuchus albertoi Nascimento and Zaher 2010
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. M. Nascimento and H. Zaher 2010Jugal with a triangular and rugose ventrolateral projection in the anterior portion, more ventrally developed than in other Baurusuchidae; jugal infratemporal bar dorsoventrally slender, and anteroposteriorly as long as the inferior edge of the orbit; retroarticular process lateromedially flattened and vertically oriented, with a posterodorsal expansion; lateral projection of the vertical portion of the squamosal posteriorly concave; well developed ventromedial crest of the quadrate, dividing the descendent body of the quadrate in medial and anterior surfaces.
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: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Brazil (São Paulo) Baurusuchus albertoi (type locality: 112699)