Reptilia - Phytosauria - Parasuchidae
May be a junior synonym of M. pristinus
Full reference: M. G. Mehl. 1922. A new phytosaur from the Trias of Arizona. Journal of Geology 30(2):144-157
Belongs to Machaeroprosopus according to M. R. Stocker and R. J. Butler 2013
See also Hay 1930, Long and Murry 1995 and Parker et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Machaeroprosopus buceros, Machaeroprosopus jablonskiae, Machaeroprosopus lottorum, Machaeroprosopus mccauleyi, Machaeroprosopus pristinus, Machaeroprosopus tenuis, Machaeroprosopus validus, Pseudopalatus maccauleyi, Redondasaurus bermani, Redondasaurus gregorii
Type specimen: CFMNH 396, a skull. Its type locality is Santa Rosa area, which is in a Norian terrestrial horizon in the Bull Canyon Formation of New Mexico.
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution: found only at Santa Rosa area
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