Gilchristosuchus palatinus Wu and Brinkman 1993 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata

Full reference: X.-C. Wu and D. B. Brinkman. 1993. A new crocodylomorph of "mesosuchian" grade from the Upper Cretaceous upper Milk River Formation, southern Alberta. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 13(2):153-160

Belongs to Gilchristosuchus according to X.-C. Wu and D. B. Brinkman 1993

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: RTMP 91.101.1, a partial skull (partial skull including postorbital region and braincase, and an incomplete cervical vertebra). Its type locality is Gilchrist Ranch, which is in a Santonian terrestrial horizon in the Milk River Formation of Canada.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Gilchrist Ranch

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