Reptilia - Loricata - Peirosauridae
Full reference: A. G. Martinelli, J. J. W. Sertich, A. C. Garrido and A. M. Praderio. 2012. A new peirosaurid from the Upper Cretaceous of Argentina: Implications for specimens referred to Peirosaurus torminni Price (Crocodyliformes: Peirosauridae). Cretaceous Research 37:191-200
Parent taxon: Peirosauridae according to C. S. C. Nicholl et al. 2021
See also Barrios et al. 2016, Lio et al. 2016, Martinelli et al. 2012, Pol et al. 2014 and Sertich and O'Connor 2014
Sister taxa: Amargasuchus, Barcinosuchus, Barrosasuchus, Bayomesasuchus, Colhuehuapisuchus, Fortignathus, Hamadasuchus, Kinesuchus, Lomasuchinae, Lomasuchus, Miadanasuchus, Montealtosuchus, Patagosuchus, Peirosaurinae, Pepesuchinae, Rukwasuchus, Stolokrosuchus, Trematochampsidae, Uberabasuchus
Subtaxa: Gasparinisuchus peirosauroides
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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