Terminonaris browni Osborn 1904 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata - Pholidosauridae

Synonym: Teleorhinus browni Osborn 1904 [replaced name]

Full reference: H. F. Osborn. 1904. Teleorhinus browni—a teleosaur in the Fort Benton. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 21:239-240

Belongs to Terminonaris according to X.-C. Wu et al. 2001

See also Hay 1930, Mook 1934 and Osborn 1904

Sister taxon: Terminonaris robusta

Type specimens:

  • Terminonaris browni: AMNH 5851, a skeleton. Its type locality is East of Pryor, which is in a Cenomanian/Turonian marine shale in the Benton Shale Formation of Montana.
  • Teleorhinus browni: AMNH 5851, a skeleton. Its type locality is East of Pryor, which is in a Cenomanian/Turonian marine shale in the Benton Shale Formation of Montana.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Germany (1 collection), United States (2: Kansas, Montana)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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