Parasuchus Lydekker 1885 (archosaur)

Reptilia - Phytosauria - Parasuchidae

Invalid subtaxa: Arganarhinus Long and Murry 1995, Mesorhinosuchus Kuhn 1961, Mesorhinus Jaekel 1910 [replaced name], Palaeorhinus Williston 1904, Paleorhinus Williston 1904

Parent taxon: Parasuchidae according to C. F. Kammerer et al. 2016

See also Carroll 1988, Case 1922, Charig 1967, Chatterjee 1978, Hay 1930, Huene 1922, Hunt and Lucas 1991, Irmis 2005, Jaekel 1910, Kuhn 1961, Kuhn 1964, Kuhn 1966, Kuhn 1971, Long and Murry 1995, Nesbitt 2011, Sereno 1991, Stocker 2010, Stocker and Butler 2013 and Watson 1917

Sister taxa: Apatopus, Ebrachosuchus, Mystriosuchinae, Parasuchinae, Wannia

Subtaxa: Mesorhinosuchus fraasi Paleorhinus ehlersi Paleorhinus sawini Parasuchus angustifrons Parasuchus bransoni Parasuchus hislopi Parasuchus magnoculus

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Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Germany (3 collections), India (5), Morocco (1), Poland (3), United States (10: Arizona, Texas, Wyoming)

Total: 22 collections including 23 occurrences

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