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Bottosaurus

Reptilia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Bottosaurus Agassiz
1902Bottosaurus Hay p. 514
1930Bottosaurus Hay p. 157
1938Bottosaurus Swinton p. 32
1998Bottosaurus Erickson
2018Bottosaurus Cossette and Brochu
2020Bottosaurus Cidade et al.
2020Bottosaurus Godoy et al.
2021Bottosaurus Cossette
2021Bottosaurus Rio and Mannion

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—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
suborderEusuchiaHuxley 1875
—Crocodylia(Owen 1842)
—Alligatoroidea(Gray 1844)
—Globidonta
—Alligatoridae(Gray 1844)
—Caimaninae
—Jacarea(Gray 1844)
genusBottosaurusAgassiz 1849

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. †Bottosaurus Agassiz 1849
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†Bottosaurus fustidens Cossette 2021
†Bottosaurus harlani Meyer 1832
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Invalid names: Crocodilus macrorhynchus Harlan 1834 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoreuc
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:59
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:59
Source: 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 Middle Campanian to the top of the Clarkforkian or 83.60000 to 54.90000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (South Carolina) B. sp. (180790)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (South Carolina) B. sp. (201615)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Maryland) B. harlani (83331)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Paleocene72.2 - 61.66USA (New Jersey) B. harlani (26819 128428)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (South Carolina) B. sp. (115148 115152)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Texas) Borealosuchus sp. (14975) B. fustidens (14956)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (South Carolina) B. sp. (15074)