Gondwanasuchus Marinho et al. 2013 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata - Baurusuchidae

Full reference: T. S. Marinho, F. V. Iori, I.S. Carvalho and F. M. Vasconcellos. 2013. Gondwanasuchus scabrosus gen. et sp. nov., a new terrestrial predatory crocodyliform (Mesoeucrocodylia: Baurusuchidae) from the Late Cretaceous Bauru Basin of Brazil. Cretaceous Research 44:104-111

Parent taxon: Baurusuchidae according to G. Darlim et al. 2021

See also Godoy et al. 2014 and Marinho et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Baurusuchinae, Cynodontosuchus, Pissarrachampsinae

Subtaxa: Gondwanasuchus scabrosus

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Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Buriti Farm, Itapecuru-Mirim (palaeosol 1) (Cretaceous of Brazil)

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