Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Polycotylidae
Full reference: Z. Gasparini and L. A. Spalletti. 1990. Un nuevo cocodrilo en los depósitos mareales Maastrichtianos de la Patagonia noroccidental. Ameghiniana 27(1-2):141-150
Belongs to Sulcusuchus according to J. P. O'Gorman 2022
See also Gasparini et al. 2001, Gasparini and de la Fuente 2000, Gasparini and Spalletti 1990, Gasparini et al. 2015, O'Gorman 2015, O'Gorman 2016, O'Gorman and Gasparini 2013 and O’Gorman et al. 2025
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MLP 88-IV-10-1, a mandible. Its type locality is Cari-Laufqen Grande Pond, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian marine horizon in the Los Alamitos Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (9 collections)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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