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Baurusuchus salgadoensis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Baurusuchus salgadoensis was named by Carvalho et al. (2005). Its type specimen is MPMA 62-0001-02, a skull (skull and mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Buriti Farm (palaeosol 2), which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian alluvial fan sandstone in the Adamantina Formation of Brazil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Baurusuchus salgadoensis Carvalho et al. p. 14
2006Baurusuchus salgadoensis Nobre and Carvalho
2008Baurusuchus salgadoensis Martinelli and Pais
2010Baurusuchus salgadoensis Nascimento and Zaher
2011Baurusuchus salgadoensis Carvalho et al.
2011Baurusuchus salgadoensis Montefeltro et al.
2011Baurusuchus salgadoensis Nascimento and Zaher
2012Baurusuchus salgadoensis Bronzati et al.
2014Baurusuchus salgadoensis Godoy et al.
2014Baurusuchus salgadoensis Pol 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
—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
infraorderNotosuchiaGasparini 1971
—Eunotosuchia
—Xenodontosuchia
—Baurusuchia(Walker 1968)
—Baurusuchidae()
—Baurusuchinae()
genusBaurusuchus
speciessalgadoensis

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.

†Baurusuchus salgadoensis Carvalho et al. 2005
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available