Full reference: E. H. Colbert and R. T. Bird. 1954. A gigantic crocodile from the Upper Cretaceous beds of Texas. American Museum Novitates 1688:1-22
Belongs to Phobosuchus according to E. H. Colbert and R. T. Bird 1954
See also Carbot-Chanona 2014, Cossette and Brochu 2020, Farke et al. 2014, Lucas et al. 2006 and Rivera-Sylva et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Deinosuchus hatcheri, Deinosuchus riograndensis, Deinosuchus schwimmeri, Pliogonodon priscus
Type specimen: AMNH 3073, a partial skeleton (Partial premaxillae, maxillae, mandibles, dorsal vertebra, scapula, partial ilium, scutes). Its type locality is East of Fresno Creek, which is in a Campanian/Campanian floodplain claystone in the Aguja Formation of Texas.
Ecology: planktonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at East of Fresno Creek
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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