Biology:Baryphracta
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Short description: Extinct genus of reptiles
| Baryphracta | |
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| Skeleton of Baryphracta deponiae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
| Clade: | Archosauriformes |
| Order: | Crocodilia |
| Subfamily: | †Diplocynodontinae |
| Genus: | †Baryphracta Frey et al., 1987 |
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| †Baryphracta deponiae Frey et al., 1987
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Baryphracta is an extinct genus of diplocynodontine crocodilian. It is closely related to the genera Diplocynodon and Tadzhikosuchus.[1] Fossils have been found from the Messel Pit near Messel, Germany , which was deposited during the Middle Eocene epoch of the Paleogene period. It was not the only crocodilian found from the pit; others include the closely related Diplocynodon as well as crocodylids such as Asiatosuchus and Allognathosuchus.[2] In 1999, the genus was proposed to be synonymous with Diplocynodon,[3] and a subsequent study showed that Baryphracta deponiae is nested within Diplocynodon, which validates this proposed synonymy[4]
References
- ↑ Piras, P.; Buscalioni, A. (2006). "Diplocynodon muelleri comb. nov., an Oligocene diplocynodontine alligatoroid from Catalonia (Ebro Basin, Lleida province, Spain)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26 (3): 608–620. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[608:DMCNAO2.0.CO;2].
- ↑ Morlo, M.; Schaal, S.; Mayr, G.; Seiffert, C. (2004). "An annotated taxonomic list of the Middle Eocene (MP 11) Vertebrata of Messel". Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 252: 95–108.
- ↑ Rossmann, T.; Blume, M. (1999). "Die Krokodil-Fauna der Fossillagerstätte Grube Messel". Ein aktueller Überblick., Natur und Museum, Frankfurt am Main 129 (9): 261–270.
- ↑ Delfino, M.; Smith, T. (2012). "Reappraisal of the morphology and phylogenetic relationships of the middle Eocene alligatoroid Diplocynodon deponiae (Frey, Laemmert, and Riess, 1987) based on a three-dimensional specimen". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32 (6): 1358–1369. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.699484.
Wikidata ☰ Q4866038 entry
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