Kayentasuchus walkeri Clark and Sues 2002 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata

Full reference: J. M. Clark and H.-D. Sues. 2002. Two new basal crocodylomorph archosaur from the Lower Jurassic and the monophyly of the Sphenosuchia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 136:77-95

Belongs to Kayentasuchus according to R. B. Irmis et al. 2013

See also Bronzati et al. 2012, Clark and Sues 2002 and Nesbitt 2011

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UCMP 131830, a skeleton. Its type locality is Willow Springs 13, UCMP V87048, which is in a Sinemurian/Pliensbachian channel sandstone in the Kayenta Formation of Arizona.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Willow Springs 13, UCMP V87048

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