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Bernissartia fagesii ✝

Description

Bernissartia ('of Bernissart') is an extinct genus of neosuchian crocodyliform that lived in the Early Cretaceous, around 130 million years ago.


From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernissartia_fagesii, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.
Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8688800https://www.gbif.org/species/8688800
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)190792https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=190792
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Bernissartiidae : Bernissartia : Bernissartia fagesii
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Bernissartia : Bernissartia fagesii
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Archosauromorpha
-CrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
-EucrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-Archosauria
-Pseudosuchia
-SuchiaKrebs 1974
-ParacrocodylomorphaParrish 1993
-Loricata
-Crocodylomorpha
suborderCrocodyliformesHay 1930
-MesoeucrocodyliaWhetstone and Whybrow 1983
-NeosuchiaClark 1988
genusBernissartiaDollo 1883
speciesBernissartia fagesiiDollo 1883
Generic NameBernissartia
Scientific NameBernissartia fagesii Dollo, 1883
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Bernissartia fagesiispeciesbelongs to Bernissartiastated with evidenceDollo, 1883
Bernissartia fagesiispeciesbelongs to Bernissartiastated without evidenceDollo, 1884
Bernissartia fagesiispeciesbelongs to Bernissartiastated with evidenceBuscalioni and Sanz, 1990
Bernissartia fagesiispeciesbelongs to Bernissartiastated without evidencePuértolas et al., 2011
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance145 - 140 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance129 - 122 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Environmentmarine (based on Mesoeucrocodylia)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Pseudosuchia)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)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
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernissartia_fagesii

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1883Bernissartia fagesii Dollo p. 315
1884Bernissartia fagesii Dollo p. 8
1990Bernissartia fagesii Buscalioni and Sanz
2011Bernissartia fagesii Puértolas et al.
2012Bernissartia fagesii Bronzati et al.
2014Bernissartia fagesii Sertich and O'Connor

References

Dollo L. 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
Buscalioni A. D., Sanz J. L. (1990) The small crocodile Bernissartia fagesii from the Lower Cretaceous of Galve (Teruel, Spain), Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 60, 129-150
Puértolas E., Canudo J. I., et al (2011) A new crocodylian from the late Maastrichtian of Spain: Implications for the initial radiation of crocodyloids, PLoS One 6 6, e20011:1-12 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0020011
Bronzati M., Montefeltro F. C., et al (2012) A species-level supertree of Crocodyliformes, Historical Biology 24 6, 598-606
Sertich J. J. W., O'Connor P. M. (2014) A new crocodyliform from the middle Cretaceous Galula Formation, southwestern Tanzania, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 3, 576-596
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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