Roxochampsa paulistanus Roxo 1935 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata - Itasuchidae

Alternative combination: Goniopholis paulistanus

Full reference: M. G. O. Roxo. 1935. On a new species of fossil Crocodilia from Brazil, Goniopholis paulistanus sp. n. Anais Academia Brasileira de Ciências 8(1):33-35

Belongs to Roxochampsa according to A. E. Piacentini Pinheiro et al. 2018

See also Andrade et al. 2011 and Roxo 1935

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: DGM 258-R, a set of teeth (Two teeth and tibia). Its type locality is Railway cutting between Jupiá and Araçatuba, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Adamantina Formation of Brazil.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Brazil (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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