Machaeroprosopus buceros Cope 1881 (archosaur)

Reptilia - Phytosauria - Parasuchidae

Alternative combinations: Arribasuchus buceros, Belodon buceros, Lophoprosopus buceros, Metarhinus buceros, Phytosaurus buceros, Pseudopalatus buceros

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1881. Belodon in New Mexico. American Naturalist 15:922-923

Belongs to Machaeroprosopus according to A. Hungerbühler et al. 2013

See also Cope 1881, Cope 1887, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Hungerbühler 2002, Irmis 2005, Jaekel 1910, Long and Murry 1995, Lucas et al. 2002, Mehl 1915, Mehl 1916, Parker et al. 2013, Parker and Irmis 2006, Stocker and Butler 2013 and Zeigler et al. 2002

Sister taxa: Machaeroprosopus andersoni, Machaeroprosopus jablonskiae, Machaeroprosopus lottorum, Machaeroprosopus mccauleyi, Machaeroprosopus pristinus, Machaeroprosopus tenuis, Machaeroprosopus validus, Redondasaurus bermani, Redondasaurus gregorii, Pseudopalatus maccauleyi

Type specimen: AMNH 2318, a partial skull. Its type locality is Arroyo Seco drainage, Orphan Mesa, which is in a Norian terrestrial horizon in the Chinle Formation of New Mexico.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of United States (13: Arizona, New Mexico collections)

Total: 13 collections including 21 occurrences

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