Reptilia - Phytosauria - Parasuchidae
Full reference: M. G. Mehl. 1916. New or little known phytosaurs from Arizona. University of Oklahoma Bulletin 103:5-28
Belongs to Machaeroprosopus according to M. R. Stocker and R. J. Butler 2013
See also Hay 1930, Mehl 1916 and Parker et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Machaeroprosopus andersoni, Machaeroprosopus buceros, Machaeroprosopus jablonskiae, Machaeroprosopus lottorum, Machaeroprosopus mccauleyi, Machaeroprosopus pristinus, Machaeroprosopus tenuis, Redondasaurus bermani, Redondasaurus gregorii, Pseudopalatus maccauleyi
Type specimen: UW 3807 (holotype lost), a skull. Its type locality is 2 miles east of Tanners Crossing, which is in a Norian terrestrial horizon in the Chinle Formation of Arizona.
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution: found only at 2 miles east of Tanners Crossing
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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