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Baurusuchinae

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Baurusuchinae was named by Montefeltro et al. (2011). It was considered monophyletic by Montefeltro et al. (2011).

It was reranked as the unranked clade Baurusuchinae by Darlim et al. (2021).

It was assigned to Baurusuchidae by Montefeltro et al. (2011), Godoy et al. (2014); and to Baurusuchidae by Darlim et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Baurusuchinae Montefeltro et al.
2014Baurusuchinae Godoy et al.
2021Baurusuchinae Darlim et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
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
infraorderNotosuchiaGasparini 1971
—Eunotosuchia
—Xenodontosuchia
—Baurusuchia(Walker 1968)
—Baurusuchidae()
—Baurusuchinae()
—Baurusuchinae()

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.

Unr. †Baurusuchinae Montefeltro et al. 2011
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G. †Aphaurosuchus Darlim et al. 2021
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†Aphaurosuchus escharafacies Darlim et al. 2021
†Aphaurosuchus kaiju Martins et al. 2024
G. †Aplestosuchus Godoy et al. 2014
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†Aplestosuchus sordidus Godoy et al. 2014
G. †Baurusuchus Price 1945
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†Baurusuchus albertoi Nascimento and Zaher 2010
†Baurusuchus pachecoi Price 1945
†Baurusuchus salgadoensis Carvalho et al. 2005
G. †Stratiotosuchus Campos et al. 2001
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†Stratiotosuchus maxhechti Campos et al. 2001
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
F. C. Montefeltro et al. 2011Medium sized baurusuchids with the medial contact for the prefrontals occurring along most of their dorsal medial edge; frontals broad, about twice the width of nasals; quadratojugal dorsal extension ending ventrally, or at the same level, of the dorsal tip of laterotemporal fenestra; quadrate fenestrae internalized in otic notch; muscle scar in the medial surface of quadrate almost straight to curved; ventral surface of choanal septum ridged.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:39:01
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:39:01
Source: subo = suborder, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015, 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 (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Brazil (São Paulo) Aphaurosuchus escharafacies, Baurusuchidae indet. (32345) Aplestosuchus sordidus (156128) Baurusuchinae indet. (204759) Baurusuchus albertoi (112699) Baurusuchus pachecoi (118193) Baurusuchus salgadoensis (92678) Stratiotosuchus maxhechti (113146 113170)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Brazil (Sao Paulo) Aphaurosuchus kaiju (231751) Baurusuchus sp. (190140)