Reptilia - Pseudosuchia - Stagonolepididae
Synonym: Heliocanthus Parker 2007 [objective synonym]
Full reference: S. G. Lucas, A. P. Hunt, and J. A. Spielmann. 2006. Rioarribasuchus, a new name for an aetosaur from the Upper Triassic of north-central New Mexico. The Triassic-Jurassic Terrestrial Transition, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 37:581-582
Parent taxon: Paratypothoracini according to W. G. Parker 2016
See also Lucas et al. 2006 and Parker 2007
Sister taxa: Kocurypelta, Paratypothorax, Tecovasuchus, Venkatasuchus
Subtaxa: Rioarribasuchus chamaensis
Ecology: herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Triassic of United States (5: Arizona, New Mexico, Texas)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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