Saltoposuchus connectens Huene 1921 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata

Belongs to Saltoposuchus according to R. B. Irmis et al. 2013

See also Berckhemer 1938, Charig 1967, Huene 1922, Knoll 2008, Kuhn 1971 and Sereno and Wild 1992

Sister taxon: Saltoposuchus longipes

Type specimen: SMNS 12597, a skeleton. Its type locality is Burrer Quarry, Pfaffenhofen, which is in an Alaunian terrestrial sandstone/marl in the Löwenstein Formation of Germany.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Burrer Quarry, Pfaffenhofen

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