Pietraroiasuchus ormezzanoi Buscalioni et al. 2011 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata - Hylaeochampsidae

Full reference: A. D. Buscalioni, P. Piras, R. Vullo, M. Signore, and C. Barbera. 2011. Early eusuchia crocodylomorpha from the vertebrate-rich Plattenkalk of Pietraroia (Lower Albian, southern Apennines, Italy). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163:S199-S227

Belongs to Pietraroiasuchus according to A. D. Buscalioni et al. 2011

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PC-1, a partial skeleton (An almost complete articulated skeleton exposed in ventral view). Its type locality is Civita di Pietraroja (upper plattenkalk), which is in an Albian basinal (carbonate) mudstone/wackestone in Italy.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Civita di Pietraroja (upper plattenkalk)

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