Scythosuchus basileus Sennikov 1999 (rauisuchid)

Reptilia - Loricata - Rauisuchidae

Full reference: A. G. Sennikov. 1999. The evolution of the postcranial skeleton in archosaurs in connection with new finds of the Rauisuchidae in the Early Triassic of Russia. Paleontological Journal 33(6):648-659

Belongs to Scythosuchus according to A. G. Sennikov 1999

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIN, no. 1043/144, a set of vertebrae (Fragmentary cervical vertebra). Its type locality is Lipovskaya gully (Donskaya Luka), which is in an Olenekian terrestrial horizon in the Lipovskaya Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Lipovskaya gully (Donskaya Luka)

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