Cerrejonisuchus improcerus 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

Belongs to Cerrejonisuchus according to A. Hastings et al. 2010

See also Bronzati et al. 2012

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UF/IGM 29, a skull. Its type locality is La Puente Pit, which is in a Paleocene/Paleocene delta plain claystone/sandstone in the Cerrejón Formation of Colombia.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at La Puente Pit

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