Sillosuchus Alcober and Parrish 1997 (archosaur)

Reptilia - Pseudosuchia - Shuvosauridae

Full reference: O. Alcober and J. M. Parrish. 1997. A new poposaurid from the Upper Triassic of Argentina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17:548-556

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

See also Alcober and Parrish 1997, Fiorelli and Calvo 2008 and Weinbaum and Hungerbühler 2007

Sister taxa: Effigia, Shuvosaurus

Subtaxa: Sillosuchus longicervix

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Type: Sillosuchus longicervix

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cancha de Bochas, southern Ischigualasto (Triassic of Argentina)

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