Reptilia - Loricata - Hylaeochampsidae

Full reference: M. Delfino, J. E. Martin, and E. Buffetaut. 2008. A new species of Acynodon (Crocodylia) from the Upper Cretaceous (Santonian–Campanian) of Villaggio del Pescatore, Italy. Palaeontology 51(5):1091-1106

Belongs to Acynodon according to M. Marco et al. 2023

See also Delfino et al. 2008 and Puértolas et al. 2011

Sister taxa: Acynodon iberoccitanus, Acynodon lopezi

Type specimen: MCSNT 57248, a partial skeleton (complete skull with lower jaws, part of the hyoid apparatus and pectoral girdle, right forelimb, the first 10 vertebrae, some ribs, and several dorsal osteoderm). Its type locality is Villaggio del Pescatore, which is in a Campanian/Campanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Aurisina Formation of Italy.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Villaggio del Pescatore

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