Reptilia - Phytosauria - Parasuchidae
Alternative combinations: Leptosuchus adamanensis, Machaeroprosopus adamanensis, Rutiodon adamanensis
Synonyms: Machaeroprosopus zunii Camp 1930, Rutiodon zunii Camp 1930
Full reference: C. L. Camp. 1930. A study of the phytosaurs with description of new material from western North America. University of California Memoirs 10:1-174
Belongs to Smilosuchus according to M. R. Stocker and R. J. Butler 2013
See also Gregory 1962, Irmis 2005, Long and Murry 1995 and Parker et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Smilosuchus gregorii, Smilosuchus lithodendrorum
Type specimens:
- Smilosuchus adamanensis: UCMP 26699, a skeleton (Skull with lower jaws, axial skeleton, girdles and dermal scutes). Its type locality is General Blue Forest Area (UCMP 7038), which is in a Norian terrestrial horizon in the Chinle Formation of Arizona.
- Machaeroprosopus zunii: UCMP 27036, a partial skeleton (Skull fragments with axial skeleton, parts of pelvis, fibula, portion of metapodial, and dermal scutes). Its type locality is Blue Hills 1, UCMP V7307, V7308, which is in a Norian terrestrial horizon in the Chinle Formation of Arizona.
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (14: Arizona collections)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
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