Riojasuchus Bonaparte 1969 (archosaur)

Reptilia - Pseudosuchia - Ornithosuchidae

Full reference: J. F. Bonaparte. 1969. Dos nuevas "faunas" de reptiles triasicos de Argentina [Two new reptilian "faunas" of the Argentine Triassic]. Gondwana Stratigraphy (IUGS Symposium, Buenos Aires) 2:283-306

Parent taxon: Ornithosuchidae according to M. B. Von Baczko and M. D. Ezcurra 2013

See also Benton 1990, Bonaparte 1975, Carroll 1988, Nesbitt 2011, Parrish 1993 and Sereno 1991

Sister taxa: Aenigmaspina, Dynamosuchus, Ornithosuchus, Venaticosuchus

Subtaxa: Riojasuchus tenuisceps

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Type: Riojasuchus tenuisceps

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Quebrada de los Jachaleros (Triassic of Argentina)

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