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Borealosuchus formidabilis
Taxonomy
Leidyosuchus formidabilis was named by Erickson (1976). Its type specimen is SMM P71.16.28, a skull (Complete skull with lower jaw intact except for posterior part of left half), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wannagan Creek Quarry, which is in a Tiffanian mire/swamp shale/shale in the Bullion Creek Formation of North Dakota.
It was synonymized subjectively with Leidyosuchus riggsi by Lucas and Sullivan (1986); it was recombined as Borealosuchus formidabilis by Brochu (1997), Brochu (2000), Wu et al. (2001), Puértolas et al. (2011), Bronzati et al. (2012) and Sertich and O'Connor (2014).
It was synonymized subjectively with Leidyosuchus riggsi by Lucas and Sullivan (1986); it was recombined as Borealosuchus formidabilis by Brochu (1997), Brochu (2000), Wu et al. (2001), Puértolas et al. (2011), Bronzati et al. (2012) and Sertich and O'Connor (2014).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1976 | Leidyosuchus formidabilis Erickson |
| 1997 | Borealosuchus formidabilis Brochu |
| 2000 | Borealosuchus formidabilis Brochu p. 181 |
| 2001 | Borealosuchus formidabilis Wu et al. p. 1691 |
| 2011 | Borealosuchus formidabilis Puértolas et al. |
| 2012 | Borealosuchus formidabilis Bronzati et al. |
| 2014 | Borealosuchus formidabilis Sertich and O'Connor |
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†Borealosuchus formidabilis Erickson 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available