Sillosuchus longicervix Alcober and Parrish 1997 (archosaur)

Reptilia - Pseudosuchia - Shuvosauridae

Full reference: O. Alcober and J. M. Parrish. 1997. A new poposaurid from the Upper Triassic of Argentina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17:548-556

Belongs to Sillosuchus according to S. J. Nesbitt 2011

See also Alcober and Parrish 1997

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PVSJ 85, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Cancha de Bochas, southern Ischigualasto, which is in a Carnian floodplain siliciclastic in the Ischigualasto Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cancha de Bochas, southern Ischigualasto

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