Amargasuchus Chiappe 1988 (Amarga crocodile)

Reptilia - Loricata - Peirosauridae

Full reference: L. M. Chiappe. 1988. A new trematochampsid crocodile from the Early Cretaceous of north-western Patagonia, Argentina and its palaeobiogeographical and phylogenetic implications. Cretaceous Research 9:379-389

Parent taxon: Peirosauridae according to C. F. C. Geroto and R. J. Bertini 2019

See also Chiappe 1988

Sister taxa: Barcinosuchus, Barrosasuchus, Bayomesasuchus, Colhuehuapisuchus, Fortignathus, Gasparinisuchus, Hamadasuchus, Kinesuchus, Lomasuchinae, Lomasuchus, Miadanasuchus, Montealtosuchus, Patagosuchus, Peirosaurinae, Pepesuchinae, Rukwasuchus, Stolokrosuchus, Trematochampsidae, Uberabasuchus

Subtaxa: Amargasuchus minor

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Type: Amargasuchus minor

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at La Amarga (main site) (Cretaceous of Argentina)

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