Reptilia - Phytosauria - Parasuchidae
Alternative combination: Pseudopalatus jablonskiae
Full reference: W. G. Parker and R. B. Irmis. 2006. A new species of the Late Triassic phytosaur Pseudopalatus (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) from Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona. A Century of Research at Petrified Forest National Park, 1906-2006: Geology and Paleontology. Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin 62:126-143
Belongs to Machaeroprosopus according to A. Hungerbühler et al. 2013
See also Parker et al. 2013, Parker and Irmis 2006 and Stocker and Butler 2013
Sister taxa: Machaeroprosopus andersoni, Machaeroprosopus buceros, Machaeroprosopus lottorum, Machaeroprosopus mccauleyi, Machaeroprosopus pristinus, Machaeroprosopus tenuis, Machaeroprosopus validus, Redondasaurus gregorii, Redondasaurus bermani, Pseudopalatus maccauleyi
Type specimen: PEFO 31207, a partial skull (Posterior skull roof and braincase missing the rostrum and palate). Its type locality is PFV 295, near Mountain Lion Mesa, Petrified Forest National Park, which is in a Norian terrestrial mudstone in the Chinle Formation of Arizona.
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution: found only at PFV 295, near Mountain Lion Mesa, Petrified Forest National Park
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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