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Brachychampsa
Taxonomy
Brachychampsa was named by Gilmore (1911).
It was assigned to Alligatoridae by Gilmore (1911); to Crocodylidae by Hay (1930); to Alligatoroidea by Norell et al. (1994); to Alligatoroidea by Williamson (1996); to Alligatorinae by Estes (1964), Estes and Berberian (1970), Bryant (1989), Wu et al. (1996) and Pearson et al. (2002); to Globidonta by Brochu (1999), Martin (2007), Martin and Buffetaut (2008), Pinheiro et al. (2013), Farke et al. (2014), Massonne et al. (2019) and Godoy et al. (2020); and to Caimaninae by Bona et al. (2018) and Rio and Mannion (2021).
It was assigned to Alligatoridae by Gilmore (1911); to Crocodylidae by Hay (1930); to Alligatoroidea by Norell et al. (1994); to Alligatoroidea by Williamson (1996); to Alligatorinae by Estes (1964), Estes and Berberian (1970), Bryant (1989), Wu et al. (1996) and Pearson et al. (2002); to Globidonta by Brochu (1999), Martin (2007), Martin and Buffetaut (2008), Pinheiro et al. (2013), Farke et al. (2014), Massonne et al. (2019) and Godoy et al. (2020); and to Caimaninae by Bona et al. (2018) and Rio and Mannion (2021).
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1911 | Brachychampsa Gilmore p. 298 figs. Pl. 26-27 |
1930 | Brachychampsa Hay p. 158 |
1964 | Brachychampsa Estes p. 142 |
1970 | Brachychampsa Estes and Berberian p. 6 |
1989 | Brachychampsa Bryant p. 54 |
1994 | Brachychampsa Norell et al. p. 3 figs. 1-6 |
1996 | Brachychampsa Williamson p. 422 |
1996 | Brachychampsa Wu et al. |
1999 | Brachychampsa Brochu |
2002 | Brachychampsa Pearson et al. p. 154 |
2007 | Brachychampsa Martin |
2008 | Brachychampsa Martin and Buffetaut |
2013 | Brachychampsa Pinheiro et al. |
2014 | Brachychampsa Farke et al. |
2018 | Brachychampsa Bona et al. |
2019 | Brachychampsa Massonne et al. |
2020 | Brachychampsa Godoy et al. |
2021 | Brachychampsa Rio and Mannion |
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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. †Brachychampsa Gilmore 1911
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†Brachychampsa montana Gilmore 1911
†Brachychampsa sealeyi Williamson 1996
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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M. A. Norell et al. 1994 | [implicitly as for type and only species, Brachychampsa montana] |
Measurements
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References: Sullivan and Lucas 2003, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Turonian to the top of the Puercan or 93.50000 to 63.30000 Ma
Collections (129 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Turonian | Uzbekistan (Navoi) | B. sp. (58597) | |
Early/Lower Campanian | Kazakhstan (Ongtüstik Qazaqstan) | B. sp. (59730) | |
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian | USA (New Mexico) | B. sp. (13000) | |
Judithian | USA (Wyoming) | B. montana (14458) | |
Late/Upper Campanian | USA (New Mexico) | B. montana (36269 47818) B. sp. (36449 36541 36542 52052 62537) | |
Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Utah) | B. sp. (231039) | |
Late/Upper Campanian | Mexico (Baja California) | B. sp. (197021) | |
Late/Upper Campanian | USA (New Jersey) | B. sp. (14455) | |
Middle Campanian | USA (Montana) | B. sp. (14437) | |
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Texas) | B. sp. (68001 68002 68003 68004 68006) | |
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | B. sp. (14494) | |
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | USA (Colorado) | B. sp. (167302) | |
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | USA (New Jersey) | B. sp. (14504) | |
Maastrichtian | USA (North Dakota) | B. montana (45313) | |
Lancian | USA (Colorado) | B. montana (14640) | |
Lancian | USA (Wyoming) | B. montana (14505 14514 14519 14524 14527 14538 14557 14566 14578 14579 14596 14601 14625 14643 14644) B. sp. (14540 14541 14543 14544 70341 70343 75284 75287 75292 75294 75296 75297 75429 75431 75434 75435 75443 75447) | |
Lancian | USA (Montana) | B. montana (14512 14515 14533 14534 14535 14536 14546 14548 14552 14559 14574 14582 14615 14616 14639 14654) B. sp. (14508 14513 14525 14560 14563 14653) B. sp., B. montana (14549) | |
Lancian | USA (South Dakota) | B. montana (14537 192251) | |
Lancian | USA (North Dakota) | B. montana (14610 14620 14621 137601 137710 137711 137722 137724 137727) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Wyoming) | B. montana (14585 57158 57163 57166 57168) B. sp. (26760) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (South Dakota) | B. montana (45390 47034 47628) B. sp. (224484) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (North Dakota) | B. montana (45098 45099 45102 45109 45110 45111 45112 45114 45118 45119 45120 45122 45128 45134 45136 45143 45144 45145 45299 45309 45381 45382 137718) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Montana) | B. montana (13142 100110) B. montanus (183109) | |
Puercan | USA (Montana) | B. sp. (14766) |