Angistorhinus grandis Mehl 1913 (archosaur)

Reptilia - Phytosauria - Parasuchidae

Full reference: M. G. Mehl. 1913. Angistorhinus, a new genus of Phytosauria from the Trias of Wyoming. Journal of Geology 21:186-191

Belongs to Angistorhinus according to M. R. Stocker and R. J. Butler 2013

See also Hay 1930, Long and Murry 1995, Lucas et al. 2002, Mehl 1913 and Mehl 1915

Sister taxa: Angistorhinus aeolamnis, Angistorhinus alticephalus, Angistorhinus maximus, Angistorhinus parvus, Angistorhinus talainti

Type specimen: FMNH 631, a skull. Its type locality is Between Squaw and Baldwin Creeks, which is in a Carnian terrestrial horizon in the Popo Agie Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of United States (2: Texas, Wyoming collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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