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Brochuchus pigotti

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Crocodylus pigotti was named by Tchernov and Van Couvering (1978). Its type specimen is NHMUK PV R7729, a skull (Almost complete skull without lower jaw), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shackleton Gully, which is in a Burdigalian fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Hiwegi Formation of Kenya.

It was recombined as Brochuchus pigotti by Conrad et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Crocodylus pigotti Tchernov and Van Couvering p. 857
2013Brochuchus pigotti Conrad et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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)
LongirostresCuvier
Crocodyloidea(Deraniyagala 1939)
Crocodylidae(Cuvier 1807)
Osteolaeminae
Euthecodontini
genusBrochuchus
speciespigotti()

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.

Brochuchus pigotti Tchernov and Van Couvering 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available