Reptilia - Phytosauria - Parasuchidae
Alternative combinations: Leptosuchus gregorii, Machaeroprosopus gregorii, Nicrosaurus gregorii, Phytosaurus gregorii, Rutiodon gregorii
Full reference: C. L. Camp. 1930. A study of the phytosaurs with description of new material from western North America. University of California Memoirs 10:1-174
Belongs to Smilosuchus according to A. Hungerbühler et al. 2013
See also Gregory 1962, Hunt and Lucas 1993, Irmis 2005, Long and Murry 1995, Lucas et al. 1997, Lucas et al. 2002, Nesbitt 2011, Parker et al. 2013, Parrish 1993, Parrish and Carpenter 1986, Spielmann et al. 2006, Spielmann and Lucas 2012, Stocker 2010 and Stocker and Butler 2013
Sister taxa: Smilosuchus adamanensis, Smilosuchus lithodendrorum
Type specimen: UCMP A272/27200, a skull (Complete skull, eight vertebrae, femur and three dermal scutes). Its type locality is Round Rock 2 (UCMP A272), which is in a Norian terrestrial horizon in the Chinle Formation of Arizona.
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (6: Arizona, Texas collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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