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Bottosaurus harlani

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Crocodilus harlani was named by Meyer (1832). Its type specimen is ANSP 9226 and 9227, a mandible (Portions of dentary and angular), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Birmingham (general) (Hornerstown Fm.), which is in a Maastrichtian/Paleocene terrestrial horizon in the Hornerstown Formation of New Jersey. It is the type species of Bottosaurus.

It was recombined as Bottosaurus harlani by Agassiz (1849), Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Swinton (1938) and Cossette and Brochu (2018).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Crocodilus harlani Meyer
1834Crocodilus macrorhynchus Harlan
1849Bottosaurus harlani Agassiz
1902Bottosaurus harlani Hay p. 514
1930Bottosaurus harlani Hay p. 157
1938Bottosaurus harlani Swinton p. 32
2018Bottosaurus harlani Cossette and 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()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
—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
—Jacarea(Gray 1844)
genusBottosaurusAgassiz 1849
speciesharlani(Meyer 1832)

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.

†Bottosaurus harlani Meyer 1832
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Invalid names: Crocodilus macrorhynchus Harlan 1834 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoreuc
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:59
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:59
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Maryland) Bottosaurus harlani (83331)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Paleocene70.6 - 61.7USA (New Jersey) Bottosaurus harlani (26819 type locality: 128428)