Pehuenchesuchus enderi Turner and Calvo 2005 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata

Full reference: A. H. Turner and J. O. Calvo. 2005. A new sebecosuchian crocodyliform from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(1):87-98

Belongs to Pehuenchesuchus according to A. H. Turner and J. O. Calvo 2005

See also Bronzati et al. 2012 and Montefeltro et al. 2011

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MAU-PV-CRS-440, a mandible (isolated right dentary). Its type locality is Cañadón Río Seco, which is in a Santonian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Bajo de la Carpa Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cañadón Río Seco

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