Reptilia - Loricata - Sphagesauridae
Alternative combination: Sphagesaurus montealtensis
Full reference: M. B. d. Andrade and R. J. Bertini. 2008. A new Sphagesaurus (Mesoeucrocodylia: Notosuchia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Monte Alto City (Bauru Group, Brazil), and a revision of the Sphagesauridae. Historical Biology 20(2):101-136
Belongs to Caipirasuchus according to A. G. Martinelli et al. 2018
See also Andrade and Bertini 2008, Bronzati et al. 2012, Carvalho et al. 2011, Iori et al. 2013, Pol et al. 2014, Sertich and O'Connor 2014 and Turner and Sertich 2010
Sister taxa: Caipirasuchus attenboroughi, Caipirasuchus mineirus, Caipirasuchus paulistanus, Caipirasuchus stenognathus
Type specimen: MPMA 15-001/90, a skull (Skull and mandible). Its type locality is Bairro Cachoeira, Monte Alto, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian fluvial sandstone in the Adamantina Formation of Brazil.
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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