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Baurusuchus
Taxonomy
Baurusuchus was named by Price (1945). Its type is Baurusuchus pachecoi.
It was assigned to Sebecosuchia by Charig (1967), Gasparini et al. (1993); to Mesoeucrocodylia by Pol and Norell (2004); to Metasuchia by Larsson and Sues (2007); to Sebecosuchia by Ortega et al. (2000), Turner (2006), Turner and Sertich (2010), Pol and Powell (2011); to Notosuchia by Sereno et al. (2003), Zaher et al. (2006), Fiorelli and Calvo (2008), Novas et al. (2009), Martin et al. (2010), Iori and Carvalho (2011), Bronzati et al. (2012); to Ziphosuchia by Soto et al. (2011), Sertich and O'Connor (2014); to Baurusuchidae by Price (1945), Colbert (1946), Carroll (1988), Gasparini et al. (1991), Carvalho et al. (2005), Turner and Calvo (2005), Nobre and Carvalho (2006), Martinelli and Pais (2008), Nascimento and Zaher (2010), Nascimento and Zaher (2011), Carvalho et al. (2011), Pol et al. (2012), Pol et al. (2014); to Baurusuchinae by Montefeltro et al. (2011), Godoy et al. (2014); and to Baurusuchinae by Darlim et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Sebecosuchia by Charig (1967), Gasparini et al. (1993); to Mesoeucrocodylia by Pol and Norell (2004); to Metasuchia by Larsson and Sues (2007); to Sebecosuchia by Ortega et al. (2000), Turner (2006), Turner and Sertich (2010), Pol and Powell (2011); to Notosuchia by Sereno et al. (2003), Zaher et al. (2006), Fiorelli and Calvo (2008), Novas et al. (2009), Martin et al. (2010), Iori and Carvalho (2011), Bronzati et al. (2012); to Ziphosuchia by Soto et al. (2011), Sertich and O'Connor (2014); to Baurusuchidae by Price (1945), Colbert (1946), Carroll (1988), Gasparini et al. (1991), Carvalho et al. (2005), Turner and Calvo (2005), Nobre and Carvalho (2006), Martinelli and Pais (2008), Nascimento and Zaher (2010), Nascimento and Zaher (2011), Carvalho et al. (2011), Pol et al. (2012), Pol et al. (2014); to Baurusuchinae by Montefeltro et al. (2011), Godoy et al. (2014); and to Baurusuchinae by Darlim et al. (2021).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1945 | Baurusuchus Price p. 2 |
| 1946 | Baurusuchus Colbert |
| 1967 | Baurusuchus Charig p. 712 |
| 1988 | Baurusuchus Carroll |
| 1991 | Baurusuchus Gasparini et al. p. 325 |
| 1993 | Baurusuchus Gasparini et al. |
| 2000 | Baurusuchus Ortega et al. |
| 2003 | Baurusuchus Sereno et al. |
| 2004 | Baurusuchus Pol and Norell |
| 2005 | Baurusuchus Carvalho et al. p. 14 |
| 2005 | Baurusuchus Turner and Calvo p. 93 |
| 2006 | Baurusuchus Nobre and Carvalho |
| 2006 | Baurusuchus Turner |
| 2006 | Baurusuchus Zaher et al. |
| 2007 | Baurusuchus Larsson and Sues |
| 2008 | Baurusuchus Fiorelli and Calvo |
| 2008 | Baurusuchus Martinelli and Pais |
| 2009 | Baurusuchus Novas et al. |
| 2010 | Baurusuchus Martin et al. |
| 2010 | Baurusuchus Nascimento and Zaher |
| 2010 | Baurusuchus Turner and Sertich |
| 2011 | Baurusuchus Carvalho et al. |
| 2011 | Baurusuchus Iori and Carvalho |
| 2011 | Baurusuchus Montefeltro et al. |
| 2011 | Baurusuchus Nascimento and Zaher |
| 2011 | Baurusuchus Pol and Powell |
| 2011 | Baurusuchus Soto et al. |
| 2012 | Baurusuchus Bronzati et al. |
| 2012 | Baurusuchus Pol et al. |
| 2014 | Baurusuchus Godoy et al. |
| 2014 | Baurusuchus Pol et al. |
| 2014 | Baurusuchus Sertich and O'Connor |
| 2021 | Baurusuchus Darlim et al. |
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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.
G. †Baurusuchus Price 1945
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†Baurusuchus albertoi Nascimento and Zaher 2010
†Baurusuchus pachecoi Price 1945
†Baurusuchus salgadoensis Carvalho et al. 2005
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| L. I. Price 1945 | The skull of the specimen is characterised in having a long, high and laterally compressed rostrum. The total length of the specimen, without reconstruction and measured from the premaxilla to the posteriormost point of the squamosal, is 36.5 cm. The height, taken from the articular surface of the quadrate to the top of the skull, is 12.5 cm. The maximum width, taken between points on the posterior region of jugals, is 18 cm. The quadrates are directed perpendicularly downward and a Iittle posteriorly. The external narial opening is single and terminal. There is no preorbital fossa. The orbits are directed laterally. The latero-temporal fenestra is separated from the orbit by a thin unsculptered and only slightly depressed postorbital bar. The quadrate is fixed, and the latero-temporal region of the skull is excavated in the crocodilian fashion. The supra-temporal fenestra is large, longer than wide. and approximately the size of the orbit. The nasals extend anteriorly to the external narial opening. It was not possible to verify the existence of a palpebral bone. The surface of the skull is irregularlv sculptured but without the pitting so common in crocodilians. |
Measurements
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| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Brazil (Sao Paulo) | B. sp. (190140) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Brazil (São Paulo) | Baurusuchidae indet. (32345) B. albertoi (112699) B. pachecoi (118193) B. salgadoensis (92678) |