Reptilia - Loricata - Sphagesauridae
Full reference: F. V. Iori and I. S. Carvalho. 2011. Caipirasuchus paulistanus, a new sphagesaurid (Crocodylomorpha, Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Adamantina Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Turonian–Santonian), Bauru Basin, Brazil. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(6):1255-1264
Belongs to Caipirasuchus according to D. Pol et al. 2014
See also Iori and Carvalho 2011 and Iori et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Caipirasuchus attenboroughi, Caipirasuchus mineirus, Caipirasuchus montealtensis, Caipirasuchus stenognathus
Type specimen: MPMA 67-0001/00, a partial skeleton (Skull, mandible and part of the postcranial skeleton). Its type locality is São Francisco Farm, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone in the Adamantina Formation of Brazil.
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution: found only at São Francisco Farm
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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