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Brachychampsa

Reptilia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Brachychampsa Gilmore p. 298 figs. Pl. 26-27
1930Brachychampsa Hay p. 158
1964Brachychampsa Estes p. 142
1970Brachychampsa Estes and Berberian p. 6
1989Brachychampsa Bryant p. 54
1994Brachychampsa Norell et al. p. 3 figs. 1-6
1996Brachychampsa Williamson p. 422
1996Brachychampsa Wu et al.
1999Brachychampsa Brochu
2002Brachychampsa Pearson et al. p. 154
2007Brachychampsa Martin
2008Brachychampsa Martin and Buffetaut
2013Brachychampsa Pinheiro et al.
2014Brachychampsa Farke et al.
2018Brachychampsa Bona et al.
2019Brachychampsa Massonne et al.
2020Brachychampsa Godoy et al.
2021Brachychampsa Rio and Mannion

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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
RankNameAuthor
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
Crocodylia(Owen 1842)
Alligatoroidea(Gray 1844)
Globidonta
Alligatoridae(Gray 1844)
Caimaninae
genusBrachychampsa

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
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. A. Norell et al. 1994[implicitly as for type and only species, Brachychampsa montana]
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwaterg
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousg
Diet: carnivoreg
Comments: diet was "primarily turtles" according to Carpenter and Lindsey 1980 but also included "fish, birds and possibly small dinosaurs" according to Sullivan and Lucas 2003g
Created: 2005-09-23 11:51:52
Modified: 2010-11-29 02:51:36
Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum
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
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Uzbekistan (Navoi) B. sp. (58597)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Kazakhstan (Ongtüstik Qazaqstan) B. sp. (59730)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Mexico) B. sp. (13000)
Judithian83.5 - 70.6USA (Wyoming) B. montana (14458)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Mexico) B. montana (36269 47818) B. sp. (36449 36541 36542 52052 62537)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Utah) B. sp. (231039)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mexico (Baja California) B. sp. (197021)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Jersey) B. sp. (14455)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) B. sp. (14437)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) B. sp. (68001 68002 68003 68004 68006)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Saskatchewan) B. sp. (14494)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (Colorado) B. sp. (167302)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) B. sp. (14504)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) B. montana (45313)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Colorado) B. montana (14640)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (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)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (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)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) B. montana (14537 192251)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) B. montana (14610 14620 14621 137601 137710 137711 137722 137724 137727)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) B. montana (14585 57158 57163 57166 57168) B. sp. (26760)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) B. montana (45390 47034 47628) B. sp. (224484)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (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 Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) B. montana (13142 100110) B. montanus (183109)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Montana) B. sp. (14766)