Neuquensuchus universitas Fiorelli and Calvo 2007 (Neuquen crocodile)

Reptilia - Loricata

Full reference: L. E. Fiorelli and J. O. Calvo. 2007. The first "protosuchian" (Archosauria: Crocodyliformes) from the Cretaceous (Santonian) of Gondwana. Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 65(4):417-459

Belongs to Neuquensuchus according to M. Bronzati et al. 2012

See also Fiorelli and Calvo 2007

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MUCPv-47, a set of postcrania. Its type locality is Boca del Sapo, which is in a Santonian terrestrial sandstone in the Bajo de la Carpa Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Boca del Sapo

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