Cynodontosuchus rothi Woodward 1896 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata - Baurusuchidae

Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1896. On two Mesozoic crocodilians from the red sandstones of the territory of Neuquen (Argentina Republic). Notosuchus (genus novum) and Cynodontosuchus (genus novum). Anales del Museo de La Plata. Paleontología Argentina 4:1-20

Belongs to Cynodontosuchus according to P. L. Godoy et al. 2014

See also Carvalho et al. 2011, Martinelli and Pais 2008, Montefeltro et al. 2011, Nascimento and Zaher 2010 and Woodward 1896

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MLP no. 205, a partial skull. Its type locality is Boca del Sapo, which is in a Santonian terrestrial sandstone in the Bajo de la Carpa Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: planktonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Bolivia (1 collection)

• Cretaceous of Argentina (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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