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Brachiosuchus kababishensis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Brachiosuchus kababishensis was named by Salih et al. (2021). Its type specimen is MfN SUD001-012, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jebel Abyad Plateau, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian lagoonal claystone in the Kababish Formation of Sudan. It is the type species of Brachiosuchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Brachiosuchus kababishensis Salih 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
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
—Coelognathosuchia()
—Tethysuchia()
—Dyrosauroidea
—Dyrosauridae()
genusBrachiosuchus
specieskababishensis

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.

†Brachiosuchus kababishensis Salih et al. 2021
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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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Campanian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Sudan Brachiosuchus kababishensis (type locality: 221116)