Paleorhinus sawini Long and Murry 1995 (archosaur)

Reptilia - Phytosauria - Parasuchidae

Full reference: R. A. Long and P. A. Murry. 1995. Late Triassic (Carnian and Norian) Tetrapods from the Southwestern United States. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 4:1-254

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

See also Long and Murry 1995

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

Type specimen: TMM 31213-16, a skull. Its type locality is TMM 31213, TMM Site 1, which is in a Carnian/Norian terrestrial horizon in the Colorado City Formation of Texas.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of United States (2: Texas collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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