Antecosuchus boreus Tatarinov 1973 (therapsid)

Osteichthyes - Therocephalia - Bauriidae

Alternative combination: Scalenodon boreus

Full reference: L. P. Tatarinov. 1973. Cynodonts of Gondwanan habit in the Triassic of the USSR. Paleontological Journal 1973(2):200-205

Belongs to Antecosuchus according to M. F. Ivakhnenko 2011

See also Battail and Surkov 2000, Tatarinov 1973 and Tatarinov 2008

Sister taxon: Antecosuchus ochevi

Type specimen: PIN 2973/1, a tooth (Upper postcanine tooth). Its type locality is Karagachka (locality 34), PIN 2973, which is in an Anisian deltaic sandstone in the Donguz Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: herbivore

Distribution: found only at Karagachka (locality 34), PIN 2973

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