Erythrosuchus africanus Broom 1905 (archosauromorph)

Reptilia - Diapsida - Erythrosuchidae

Full reference: R. Broom. 1905. Notice of some new fossil reptiles from the Karroo Beds of South Africa. Records of the Albany Museum 1(5):331-337

Belongs to Erythrosuchus according to M. D. Ezcurra 2016

See also Broom 1905, Broom 1906, Charig 1967, Charig and Sues 1976, Huene 1911 and Nesbitt 2011

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SAM 905, a partial skeleton (right scapula and coracoid, right humerus, radius, and ulna, right ilium, ischium, and pubis, partial left ilium, several vertebrae, and numerous ribs). Its type locality is Oorlogsfontein, Aliwal North District, which is in an Anisian dry floodplain siliciclastic in the Burgersdorp Formation of South Africa.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Triassic of South Africa (6 collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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