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Phosphatosaurus
Taxonomy
Phosphatosaurus was named by Bergounioux (1955) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo].
It was assigned to Teleosauridae by Bergounioux (1955); to Crocodilia by Sepkoski (2002); to Dyrosauridae by Buffetaut (1978), Moody and Buffetaut (1981), Carroll (1988), Jouve et al. (2005), Hill et al. (2008), Jouve et al. (2008), Barbosa et al. (2008) and Bronzati et al. (2012); and to Phosphatosaurinae by Jouve et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Teleosauridae by Bergounioux (1955); to Crocodilia by Sepkoski (2002); to Dyrosauridae by Buffetaut (1978), Moody and Buffetaut (1981), Carroll (1988), Jouve et al. (2005), Hill et al. (2008), Jouve et al. (2008), Barbosa et al. (2008) and Bronzati et al. (2012); and to Phosphatosaurinae by Jouve et al. (2021).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1955 | Phosphatosaurus Bergounioux p. 1918 |
| 1978 | Phosphatosaurus Buffetaut p. 238 |
| 1981 | Phosphatosaurus Moody and Buffetaut p. 127 |
| 1988 | Phosphatosaurus Carroll |
| 2002 | Phosphatosaurus Sepkoski |
| 2005 | Phosphatosaurus Jouve et al. |
| 2008 | Phosphatosaurus Barbosa et al. |
| 2008 | Phosphatosaurus Hill et al. |
| 2008 | Phosphatosaurus Jouve et al. |
| 2012 | Phosphatosaurus Bronzati et al. |
| 2021 | Phosphatosaurus Jouve et al. |
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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. †Phosphatosaurus Bergounioux 1955
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†Phosphatosaurus gavialoides Bergounioux 1955
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Late/Upper Paleocene or 83.50000 to 55.80000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Egypt (Aswan) | Goniopholididae indet. (60599) | |
| Paleocene | Saudi Arabia (Makkah) | P. sp. (140975) | |
| Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene | Mali | P. sp. (114143) | |
| Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene | Niger | P. sp. (114998) | |
| Ypresian | Mali (Gao) | P. gavialoides (175262) | |
| Ypresian | Tunisia | P. gavialoides (106501) |