Orthosuchus stormbergi Nash 1968 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata - Notochampsidae

Full reference: D. Nash. 1968. A crocodile from the Upper Triassic of Lesotho. Jounal of Zoology, London 156:163-179

Belongs to Orthosuchus according to J. J. W. Sertich and P. M. O'Connor 2014

See also Bronzati et al. 2012, Ellenberger 1970 and Nesbitt 2011

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SAM-PK-K409, a skeleton. Its type locality is Orange River Valley, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian terrestrial horizon in the Elliot Formation of Lesotho.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Lesotho (1 collection), South Africa (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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