Armadillosuchus arrudai Marinho and Carvalho 2009 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata - Sphagesauridae

Full reference: T. S. Marinho and I. d. S. Carvalho. 2009. An armadillo-like sphagesaurid crocodyliform from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 27(1):36-41

Belongs to Armadillosuchus according to P. L. Godoy et al. 2014

See also Carvalho et al. 2011, Marinho and Carvalho 2009, Montefeltro et al. 2011, Sertich and O'Connor 2014 and Turner and Sertich 2010

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UFRJ DG 303-R, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is General Salgado county, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Adamantina Formation of Brazil.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at General Salgado county

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