Caryonosuchus Kellner et al. 2011 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata - Sphagesauridae

Full reference: A. W. A. Kellner, D. A. Campos, D. Riff and M. B. Andrade. 2011. A new crocodylomorph (Sphagesauridae, Notosuchia) with horn-like tubercles from Brazil. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163:S57-S65

Parent taxon: Sphagesaurinae according to A. E. P. Pinheiro et al. 2021

See also Iori et al. 2013, Kellner et al. 2011, Martinelli et al. 2018, Pol et al. 2014 and Ruiz et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Armadillosuchus, Sphagesaurus

Subtaxa: Caryonosuchus pricei

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Type: Caryonosuchus pricei

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Presidente Prudente municipality (Cretaceous of Brazil)

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