Reptilia - Loricata - Peirosauridae
Alternative combination: Peirosaurus tormini
Full reference: L. I. Price. 1955. Novos crocodilídeos dos arenitos da Série Baurú, Cretáceo do Estado de Minas Gerais [New crocodilians from the Baurú Series sandstones, Cretaceous of Minas Gerais state]. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 27(4):487-498
Belongs to Peirosaurus according to A. H. Turner and J. J. W. Sertich 2010
See also Bronzati et al. 2012, Carvalho et al. 2011, Charig 1967, Gasparini et al. 1991, Martinelli and Pais 2008, Montefeltro et al. 2011, Nascimento and Zaher 2010, Nobre and Carvalho 2006 and Price 1955
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: DGM-433-R, a partial skeleton (left premaxilla, isolated teeth, right anteriori supraorbital bone, radii, ulnae, left pubis and ischium fragments, vertebrae, ribs, haemal arches, and dermal p). Its type locality is Price Quarry 3, Peirópolis, which is in a Maastrichtian crevasse splay sandstone in the Serra da Galga Formation of Brazil.
Distribution: found only at Price Quarry 3, Peirópolis
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