Paratetrasauropus Ellenberger 1972 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata

Full reference: P. Ellenberger. 1972. Contribution à la classification des Pistes de Vertébrés du Trias: Les types du Stormberg d’Afrique du Sud (I) [Contribution to the classification of Triassic vertebrate footprints: the types from the Stormberg of South Africa (I)]. Palaeovertebrata Mem. Ext.(1972):1-152

Parent taxon: Crocodilomorphi according to S. D'Orazi Porchetti and U. Nicosia 2007

See also Ellenberger 1972, Klein and Lucas 2021 and Romero Molina et al. 2003

Sister taxa: Carnufex, Crocodilus humilis, Crocodilus kutchensis, Crocodilus proavus, Crocodilus vetustus, Dibothrosuchus, Diplosaurus nanus, Dromicosuchus, Eopneumatosuchus, Erythrochampsa, Erythrochampsa longipes, Gavialiformes, Gondwanasuchia, Goniopholidiformes, Goniopholis minor, Hallopodidae, Hallopus, Hesperosuchus, Kayentasuchus, Litargosuchus, Lukousaurus, Mycomorphoolithus, Paracrocodylia, Pattisaura, Pedeticosaurus, Phyllodontosuchus, Pseudhesperosuchus, Redondavenator, Saltoposuchus, Solidocrania, Sphenosuchia, Sphenosuchidae, Sphenosuchus, Stegomosuchus, Stegomus longipes, Terrestrisuchus, Thalattosuchia, Thoracosaurus bahiensis, Trialestes

Subtaxa: Paratetrasauropus seakensis

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Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Seaka tracksite (zone A/3) (Jurassic of Lesotho)

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