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Brillanceausuchus babouriensis

Reptilia - Paralligatoridae

Taxonomy
Brillanceausuchus babouriensis was named by Michard et al. (1990). Its type specimen is BBR 201, a partial skeleton (skull and partial skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Babouri Village, which is in a Valanginian/Barremian terrestrial horizon in Cameroon. It is the type species of Brillanceausuchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Brillanceausuchus babouriensis Michard 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
familyParalligatoridaeKonjukova 1954
genusBrillanceausuchus
speciesbabouriensis

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.

†Brillanceausuchus babouriensis Michard et al. 1990
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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: Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Valanginian to the top of the Barremian or 139.80000 to 125.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Valanginian - Barremian139.8 - 125.0Cameroon (Nord) Brillanceausuchus babouriensis (type locality: 123467)