Angistorhinus maximus Mehl 1928 (archosaur)

Reptilia - Phytosauria - Parasuchidae

Full reference: M. G. Mehl. 1928. The Phytosauria of the Wyoming Triassic. Denison University Bulletin, Journal of the Scientific Laboratories 23:141-172

Belongs to Angistorhinus according to M. R. Stocker and R. J. Butler 2013

See also Hay 1930, Long and Murry 1995 and Lucas et al. 2002

Sister taxa: Angistorhinus aeolamnis, Angistorhinus alticephalus, Angistorhinus grandis, Angistorhinus parvus, Angistorhinus talainti

Type specimen: UM VP 531, a partial skull. Its type locality is Little Popo Agie River, which is in a Carnian terrestrial horizon in the Popo Agie Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Little Popo Agie River

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