Reptilia - Loricata - Baurusuchidae
Full reference: I. S. Carvalho, A. C. A. Campos, and P. H. Nobre. 2005. Baurusuchus salgadoensis, a new crocodylomorpha from the Bauru Basin (Cretaceous), Brazil. Gondwana Research 8(1):11-30
Belongs to Baurusuchus according to P. L. Godoy et al. 2014
See also Bronzati et al. 2012, Carvalho et al. 2005, Carvalho et al. 2011, Martinelli and Pais 2008, Montefeltro et al. 2011, Nascimento and Zaher 2010, Nascimento and Zaher 2011, Nobre and Carvalho 2006 and Pol et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Baurusuchus albertoi, Baurusuchus pachecoi
Type specimen: MPMA 62-0001-02, a skull (skull and mandible). Its type locality is Buriti Farm (palaeosol 2), which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian alluvial fan sandstone in the Adamantina Formation of Brazil.
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution: found only at Buriti Farm (palaeosol 2)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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