Amargasuchus minor Chiappe 1988 (Amarga crocodile)

Reptilia - Loricata - Peirosauridae

Full reference: L. M. Chiappe. 1988. A new trematochampsid crocodile from the Early Cretaceous of north-western Patagonia, Argentina and its palaeobiogeographical and phylogenetic implications. Cretaceous Research 9:379-389

Belongs to Amargasuchus according to L. M. Chiappe 1988

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MACN-N-12, a maxilla. Its type locality is La Amarga (main site), which is in a Barremian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the La Amarga Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at La Amarga (main site)

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