Cerrejonisuchus Hastings et al. 2010 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata - Dyrosauridae

Full reference: A. Hastings, J. Bloch, E. Cadena and C. Jaramillo. 2010. A New Small Short-Snouted Dyrosaurid (Crocodylomorpha, Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Paleocene of Northeastern Colombia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(1):139-162

Parent taxon: Dyrosauridae according to S. Jouve et al. 2021

See also Bronzati et al. 2012 and Hastings et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Anthracosuchus, Brachiosuchus, Chenanisuchus, Dyrosaurus minor, Hyposaurinae, Hyposaurus rogersii, Phosphatosaurinae, Rodeosuchus, Tilemsisuchus

Subtaxa: Cerrejonisuchus improcerus

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Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at La Puente Pit (Paleocene to Paleocene of Colombia)

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