Leptosuchus studeri Case and White 1934 (archosaur)

Reptilia - Phytosauria - Parasuchidae

Full reference: E. C. Case and T. E. White. 1934. Two new specimens of phytosaurs from the Upper Triassic of Western Texas. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 4:133-142

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

See also Long and Murry 1995

Sister taxon: Leptosuchus crosbiensis

Type specimen: UMMP 14267, a skull. Its type locality is near Rotten Hill, which is in a Carnian/Norian fluvial siliciclastic in the Tecovas Formation of Texas.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at near Rotten Hill

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