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Borealosuchus griffithi

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Borealosuchus griffithi was named by Wu et al. (2001). Its type specimen is UALVP 40955, a partial skeleton (most of skull and mandibles, right ulna, caudal vertebra, some dorsal osteoderms, and other postcranial fragments), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Griffith's Farm (upper Scollard Fm), which is in a Danian terrestrial siltstone in the Scollard Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Borealosuchus griffithi Wu et al. p. 1691

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—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
genusBorealosuchus
speciesgriffithi

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.

†Borealosuchus griffithi Wu et al. 2001
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available