Poposaurus Mehl 1915 (archosaur)

Reptilia - Pseudosuchia

Full reference: M. G. Mehl. 1915. Poposaurus gracilis, a new reptile from the Triassic of Wyoming. Journal of Geology 23:516-522

Parent taxon: Poposauroidea according to S. J. Nesbitt 2011

See also Anderson and Cruickshank 1978, Carroll 1988, Colbert 1961, Gauthier et al. 2011, Hay 1930, Irmis 2005, Kuhn 1966, Long and Murry 1995, Nopcsa 1928, Parrish 1993, Parrish and Carpenter 1986, Romer 1966, Steel 1970, Tatarinov 1964 and Weinbaum and Hungerbühler 2007

Sister taxa: Benggwigwishingasuchus, Ctenosauriscidae, Lotosaurus, Mandasuchus, Qianosuchus

Subtaxa: Poposaurus gracilis Poposaurus langstoni

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Type: Poposaurus gracilis

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of United States (19: Arizona, Arizona , Texas, Utah, Wyoming collections)

Total: 19 collections including 20 occurrences

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