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Congosaurus bequaerti

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Congosaurus bequaerti was named by Dollo (1914). Its type specimen is MRAC 1741-1743, 1745, 1796, 1797, 1802, 1803, 1806, 1809-1811, 1813-1819, 1823, 1828, 1839, 1852, 1854, 1870, 1871, 1887, 1894 and 1895, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Landana cliffs (layer 8), which is in a Selandian marine sandstone/shale in the Landana Formation of Angola.

It was recombined as Dyrosaurus bequaerti by Arambourg (1952), Antunes (1964); it was recombined as Hyposaurus bequaerti by Buffetaut (1976) and Buffetaut (1980).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Congosaurus bequaerti Dollo
1952Dyrosaurus bequaerti Arambourg p. 297
1964Dyrosaurus bequaerti Antunes p. 189
1976Hyposaurus bequaerti Buffetaut p. 489
1980Hyposaurus bequaerti Buffetaut p. 23
2004Congosaurus bequaerti Jouve and Schwarz
2012Congosaurus bequaerti Bronzati et al.

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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
—Coelognathosuchia()
—Tethysuchia()
—Dyrosauroidea
—Dyrosauridae()
—Hyposaurinae()
genusCongosaurusDollo 1914
speciesbequaertiDollo 1914

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.

†Congosaurus bequaerti Dollo 1914
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:39:01
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:39:01
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983

Age range: Selandian or 61.60000 to 59.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Angola (Cabinda) Congosaurus bequaerti (type locality: 113759)