Acerosodontosaurus piveteaui Currie 1980 (reptile)

Reptilia - Younginiformes

Full reference: P. J. Currie. 1980. A new younginid (Reptilia: Eosuchia) from the Upper Permian of Madagascar. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 17(4):500-511

Belongs to Acerosodontosaurus according to C. Bickelmann et al. 2009

See also Currie 1980

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MNHN 1908-32-57, a partial skeleton (right lateral portion of skull, vertebrae, ribs, gastralia, parts of the limbs, and parts of pectoral and pelvic girdle). Its type locality is Mt. Eliva (Sakamena Fm.), which is in a Lopingian terrestrial horizon in the Lower Sakamena Formation of Madagascar.

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Mt. Eliva (Sakamena Fm.)

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