Lusitanisuchus mitracostatus Seiffert 1975 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata

Full reference: J. Seiffert. 1975. Upper Jurassic lizards from central Portugal. Contribuição para o conhecimento da Fauna do Kimerridgiano da Mina de Lignito Guimarota (Leiria, Portugal). Serviços Geológicos de Portugal, Memória (Nova Série) 22:7-85

Belongs to Lusitanisuchus according to D. Schwarz and R. Fechner 2004

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Gui 34, a mandible (dentary). Its type locality is Guimarota, which is in a Kimmeridgian lagoonal coal in the Alcobaça Formation of Portugal.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at cliffs south of Praia de Valmitão (VAL)

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