Diplocynodon tormis Buscalioni et al. 1992 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Crocodylia

Full reference: A. D. Buscalioni, J. L. Sanz, and M. L. Casanovas. 1992. A new species of the eusuchian crocodile Diplocynodon from the Eocene of Spain. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 187(1):1-29

Belongs to Diplocynodon according to J. P. Rio et al. 2020

See also Delfino and Smith 2012 and Martin 2010

Sister taxa: Crocodylus dalpiazi, Crocodylus monsvialensis, Diplocynodon buetikonensis, Diplocynodon darwini, Diplocynodon deponiae, Diplocynodon elavericus, Diplocynodon hantoniensis, Diplocynodon kochi, Diplocynodon levantinicum, Diplocynodon muelleri, Diplocynodon plenidens, Diplocynodon ratelii, Diplocynodon remensis, Diplocynodon ungeri

Type specimen: IPS 9001, a skull. Its type locality is Duero basin, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial horizon in the Areniscas de Cabrerizos Formation of Spain.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Spain (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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