Bernissartia Dollo 1883 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata

Full reference: L. Dollo. 1883. Première note sur les crocodiliens de Bernissart [First note on the crocodilians of Bernissart]. Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 2:309-338

Parent taxon: Neosuchia according to P. M. Nascimento and H. Zaher 2011

See also Andrade and Bertini 2008, Andrade et al. 2011, Bronzati et al. 2012, Buscalioni and Sanz 1990, Carroll 1988, Charig 1967, Dollo 1883, Dollo 1884, Fiorelli and Calvo 2008, Gasparini et al. 2006, Gauthier et al. 1989, Kuhn 1966, Martin et al. 2010, Montefeltro et al. 2013, Nopcsa 1928, Ortega et al. 2000, Osi et al. 2007, Pol and Norell 2004, Pol et al. 2009, Sereno et al. 2003, Sertich and O'Connor 2014, Turner 2006 and Zaher et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Alligatorium franconicum, Atoposauridae, Bernissartiidae, Brillanceausuchidae, Burkesuchus, Coelognathosuchia, Eusuchia, Gilchristosuchus, Goniopholis phuwiangensis, Heterosuchus, Ischyrochampsa, Ischyrochampsa meridionalis, Khoratosuchus, Montsecosuchus, Paluxysuchidae, Shamosuchus karakalpakensis, Shamosuchus occidentalis, Stomatosuchidae, Susisuchidae, Wahasuchus

Subtaxa: Bernissartia fagesii

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Type: Bernissartia fagesii

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Belgium (1 collection), Denmark (1), France (2), Spain (12), Tunisia (1), the United Kingdom (7), United States (10: Montana, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of France (2)

• Jurassic of France (1), Tanzania (1)

Total: 38 collections including 39 occurrences

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