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Brachychampsa sealeyi

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Brachychampsa sealeyi was named by Williamson (1996). Its type specimen is NMMNH P-25050, a partial skull (partial skull and associated partial right mandible, partial ramus of the left mandible, and a nearly complete osteoderm), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is NMMNH locality L-3034, which is in a Campanian/Campanian terrestrial mudstone in the Menefee Formation of New Mexico.

It was synonymized subjectively with Brachychampsa montana by Sullivan and Lucas (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Brachychampsa sealeyi Williamson p. 422
2004Brachychampsa sealeyi Brochu

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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
NeosuchiaClark 1988
suborderEusuchiaHuxley 1875
Crocodylia(Owen 1842)
Alligatoroidea(Gray 1844)
Globidonta
Alligatoridae(Gray 1844)
Caimaninae
genusBrachychampsa
speciessealeyi

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.

Brachychampsa sealeyi Williamson 1996
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available