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Brochuchus pigotti

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Crocodylus pigotti was named by Tchernov and Van Couvering (1978). Its type specimen is NHMUK PV R7729, a skull (Almost complete skull without lower jaw), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shackleton Gully, which is in a Burdigalian fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Hiwegi Formation of Kenya.

It was recombined as Brochuchus pigotti by Conrad et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Crocodylus pigotti Tchernov and Van Couvering p. 857
2013Brochuchus pigotti Conrad 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()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
—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)
—LongirostresCuvier
—Crocodyloidea(Deraniyagala 1939)
—Crocodylidae(Cuvier 1807)
—Osteolaeminae
—Euthecodontini
genusBrochuchus
speciespigotti()

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.

†Brochuchus pigotti Tchernov and Van Couvering 1978
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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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Burdigalian or 20.44000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Kenya (Nyanza) Brochuchus pigotti (144511) Crocodylus pigotti (type locality: 92702)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Saudi Arabia Crocodylus pigotti (47021 47026)