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Brachychampsa sealeyi

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Brachychampsa sealeyi was named by Williamson (1996). Its type specimen is NMMNH P-25050, a partial skull (partial skull and associated partial right mandible, partial ramus of the left mandible, and a nearly complete osteoderm), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is NMMNH locality L-3034, which is in a Campanian/Campanian terrestrial mudstone in the Menefee Formation of New Mexico.

It was synonymized subjectively with Brachychampsa montana by Sullivan and Lucas (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Brachychampsa sealeyi Williamson p. 422
2004Brachychampsa sealeyi 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
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
—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)
—Alligatoroidea(Gray 1844)
—Globidonta
—Alligatoridae(Gray 1844)
—Caimaninae
—Brachychampsini
genusBrachychampsa
speciessealeyi

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.

†Brachychampsa sealeyi Williamson 1996
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwaterg
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousg
Diet: carnivoreg
Created: 2005-09-23 11:51:52
Modified: 2010-11-29 02:51:36
Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Sullivan and Lucas 2003, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Campanian to the top of the Middle Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Mexico) Brachychampsa sp. (type locality: 13000)