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Boverisuchus vorax

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Crocodylus vorax was named by Troxell (1925). Its type specimen is YPM 249, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Red Dog Buttes, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in Utah.

It was recombined as Pristichampsus vorax by Langston (1975), Norell and Storrs (1989), Zonneveld et al. (2000) and Bronzati et al. (2012); it was recombined as Boverisuchus vorax by Brochu (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Crocodylus vorax Troxell
1930Crocodylus vorax Hay p. 154
1975Pristichampsus vorax Langston
1989Pristichampsus vorax Norell and Storrs
2000Pristichampsus vorax Zonneveld et al.
2012Pristichampsus vorax Bronzati et al.
2013Boverisuchus vorax Brochu

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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
RankNameAuthor
—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
—Crocodylia(Owen 1842)
—Planocraniidae()
genusBoverisuchusKuhn 1938
speciesvorax(Troxell 1925)

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.

†Boverisuchus vorax Troxell 1925
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Late/Upper Uintan or 55.80000 to 39.70000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lostcabinian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Pristichampsus vorax (16000)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Pristichampsus vorax (27268)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Utah) Crocodylus vorax (type locality: 15718)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Pristichampsus vorax (15837 16228 16236 16270 16273 16279 144195 144196)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Utah) Pristichampsus vorax (16396)
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Texas) Pristichampsus vorax (16528 16586 16650 16651)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Texas) Pristichampsus vorax (16542)