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Bulgosuchus gargantua

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Mastodonsauridae

Taxonomy
Bulgosuchus gargantua was named by Damiani (1999). Its type specimen is AM F80190, a mandible (Posterior part of left mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Long Reef, which is in a Dienerian/Spathian estuary/bay sandstone in the Bulgo Sandstone Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Bulgosuchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Bulgosuchus gargantua Damiani p. 90
2001Bulgosuchus gargantua Damiani p. 437
2023Bulgosuchus gargantua Poropat et al. p. 136

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
RankNameAuthor
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Eryopiformes
—Stereospondylomorpha
—Stereospondyli()
—Superstes
—Capitosauria
—Capitosauroidea()
familyMastodonsauridaeLydekker 1885
genusBulgosuchus
speciesgargantua

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.

†Bulgosuchus gargantua Damiani 1999
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Dienerian to the top of the Spathian or 250.50000 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dienerian - Spathian250.5 - 246.7Australia (New South Wales) Bulgosuchus gargantua (type locality: 117150)