| Jupijkam Temporal range: Late Triassic
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
| Clade: | Archosauriformes |
| Order: | †Phytosauria |
| Family: | †Parasuchidae |
| Subfamily: | †Mystriosuchinae |
| Genus: | †Jupijkam Brownstein, 2023 |
| Type species | |
| Jupijkam paleofluvialis Brownstein, 2023
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Jupijkam is an extinct genus of phytosaur from the Late Triassic of Nova Scotia, Canada. The genus is monotypic, including only the species Jupijkam paleofluvialis. It is based on a partial skull and a few other fragments (including an osteoderm) from the White Water Member of the Blomidon Formation. Along with unnamed fossils from the Fleming Fjord Formation of Greenland, these remains represent the northernmost record of phytosaurs. Jupijkam is named after Jipijka'm, the great horned serpent of Mi'kmaq mythology.[1]
Fossils of Jupijkam were previously referred to Rutiodon, and most phylogenetic analyses retain Jupijkam as a Rutiodon-grade phytosaur (i.e., a non-leptosuchomorph mystriosuchine). Most Rutiodon-grade phytosaurs were extinct prior to the late Norian, but Jupijkam survived up to the latest Norian or early Rhaetian.[1]
- ^ a b Brownstein, C.D. (2023). "A late-surviving phytosaur from the northern Atlantic rift reveals climate constraints on Triassic reptile biogeography". BMC Ecol Evol. 23 (33): 33. doi:10.1186/s12862-023-02136-8. PMC 10351158. PMID 37460985.