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Benggwigwishingasuchus eremicarminis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Benggwigwishingasuchus eremicarminis was named by Smith et al. (2024). Its type specimen is LACM-DI 158616, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is LACM locality 8057, north slope of Favret Canyon, which is in an Anisian coastal mudstone/shale in the Favret Formation of Nevada. It is the type species of Benggwigwishingasuchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Benggwigwishingasuchus eremicarminis Smith 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
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
superfamilyPoposauroidea(Nopcsa 1923)
genusBenggwigwishingasuchus
specieseremicarminis

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.

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Diagnosis
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Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:45
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: Anisian or 246.70000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464USA (Nevada) Benggwigwishingasuchus eremicarminis (type locality: 235460)