Ticinosuchus ferox Krebs 1965 (archosaur)

Reptilia - Pseudosuchia

Full reference: B. Krebs. 1965. E. Kuhn-Schnyder und B. Peyer: Die Triasfauna der Tessiner Kalkalpen. XIX. Ticinosuchus ferox nov. gen. nov. sp. [E. Kuhn-Schnyder and B. Peyer: The Triassic fauna of the Ticino Limestone Alps. XIX. Ticinosuchus ferox nov. gen. nov. sp.]. Schweizerische Paläontologische Abhandlungen, Memoires suisses de Paleontologie 81:1-140

Belongs to Ticinosuchus according to S. J. Nesbitt 2011

See also Charig 1967, Krebs 1965, Lautenschlager and Desojo 2011 and Parrish 1993

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIZ T 2817, a skeleton. Its type locality is Val Porina (Sasso), which is in an Anisian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal dolomite in the Besano Formation of Switzerland.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Switzerland (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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