Mesosuchus Watson 1912 (rhynchosaur)

Reptilia - Rhynchosauria

Parent taxon: Rhynchosauria according to M. D. Ezcurra et al. 2016

See also Benton 1985, Carroll 1988, Dilkes 1998, Mukherjee and Ray 2015, Nesbitt 2011, Senter 2004 and Watson 1917

Sister taxa: Eohyosaurus, Howesia, Hyperodapedontidae, Mesosuchidia, Noteosuchus, Rhynchosauridae, Rhynchosauroidea

Subtaxa: Mesosuchus browni

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Ecology: herbivore

Distribution: found only at Euparkeria site, Aliwal North (Triassic of South Africa)

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