Parasuchus hislopi Lydekker 1885 (archosaur)

Reptilia - Phytosauria - Parasuchidae

Alternative combination: Paleorhinus hislopi

Full reference: R. Lydekker. 1885. The Reptilia & Amphibia of the Maleria & Denwa Groups. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India. Palaeontologia Indica, Series IV. Indian Pretertiary Vertebrata 1(5):1-38

Belongs to Parasuchus according to C. F. Kammerer et al. 2016

See also Chatterjee 1978, Chatterjee 2001, Hunt and Lucas 1991, Jain 1990, Long and Murry 1995, Lydekker 1885, Nesbitt 2011 and Stocker and Butler 2013

Sister taxa: Parasuchus angustifrons, Parasuchus bransoni, Parasuchus magnoculus, Paleorhinus sawini, Paleorhinus ehlersi, Mesorhinosuchus fraasi

Type specimen: ISIR 42, a skeleton. Its type locality is Mutapurum village, which is in a Carnian/Norian terrestrial claystone in the Maleri Formation of India.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of India (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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