Morrinhosuchus luziae Iori and Carvalho 2009 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata - Sphagesauridae

Full reference: F. V. Iori and I. d. S. Carvalho. 2009. Morrinhosuchus luziae, um novo Crocodylomorpha Notosuchia da Bacia Bauru, Brasil [Morrinhosuchus luziae, a new Crocodylomorpha Notosuchia from the Bauru Basin, Brazil]. Revista Brasileira de Geociências 39(4):717-725

Belongs to Morrinhosuchus according to F. V. Iori and I. d. S. Carvalho 2009

See also Carvalho et al. 2011

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MPMA 07-0009/01, a partial skull. Its type locality is Morrinho de Santa Luzia, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone in the Adamantina Formation of Brazil.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Brazil (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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