†Protosuchus richardsoni Brown 1933 (crocodilian)
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Reptilia - Loricata - Protosuchidae
Alternative combination: Archaeosuchus richardsoni
Full reference: B. Brown. 1933. An ancestral crocodile. American Museum Novitates 638:1-4
Belongs to Protosuchus according to J. J. W. Sertich and P. M. O'Connor 2014
See also Bronzati et al. 2012, Brown 1933, Brown 1934, Charig 1967, Colbert and Mook 1951, Nascimento and Zaher 2011 and Nesbitt 2011
Sister taxa: Protosuchus haughtoni, Protosuchus micmac
Type specimen: AMNH 3024, a skeleton
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic to Jurassic of United States (4: Arizona collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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