包魯鱷屬
包魯鱷屬(學名:Baurusuchus)是種已滅絕中真鱷類,屬於包魯鱷科,生存於白堊紀晚期的南美洲。包魯鱷是種陸棲掠食動物、或是腐食動物,身長約3.5到4公尺。
波罗鳄属![]() 化石时期:白堊紀晚期
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包魯鱷想像圖 | |
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界: | 动物界 Animalia |
门: | 脊索动物门 Chordata |
纲: | 爬行綱 Reptilia |
科: | †包魯鱷科 Baurusuchidae |
属: | †波罗鳄属 Baurusuchus Price, 1945 |
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Baurusuchus pachechoi Price, 1945
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化石發現於巴西的阿達曼蒂納組(Adamantina Formation)地層,地質年代約9000萬到8350萬年前,相當於白堊紀晚期的土侖階到桑托階[1]。屬名意為「包魯鱷魚」,以化石發現處的包魯群(Bauru Group)為名。包魯鱷與較早命名的犬齒鱷是近親,但包魯鱷的體型較小、齒列較虛弱。目前已有三個種︰B. pachechoi、B. salgadoensis、以及B. albertoi[1]。
波羅龍鱷的近親有Stratiotosuchus,發現於同一地層組,體形相似;以及巴基斯坦Pab組的Pabweshi。
參考資料
- ^ 1.0 1.1 Paulo Miranda Nascimento and Hussam Zaher. A new species of Baurusuchus (Crocodyliformes, Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Brazil, with the first complete postcranial skeleton described from the family Baurusuchidae (PDF). Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia. 2010, 50 (21): 323‑361 [2012-03-22]. (原始内容存档 (PDF)于2015-09-24).
- Price, Llewellyn I. 1945. A new reptile from the Cretaceous of Brazil. Notas Preliminares e Estudos - Divisao de Geologia e Mineralogia, Departamento Nacional da Produao Mineral 25.
- Bonaparte, Jose F. Cretaceous tetrapods of Argentina. Muncher Geowissenschaften, Abhandlungen. 1996, 30: 73–130.
- Carvalho; Campos, Antonio; de Celso, Arruda; Nobre, Pedro Henrique. Baurusuchus salgadoensis, a new Crocodylomorpha from the Bauru Basin (Cretaceous), Brazil (PDF). Gondwana Research. 2005, 8 (1): 11–30 [2012-03-22]. doi:10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70259-8. (原始内容 (PDF)存档于2010-09-21).
- In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs: Early Mesozoic Tetrapods by Nicholas C. Fraser and Hans-Dieter Sues
- The Osteology of the Reptiles by Alfred Sherwood Romer