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

Belongs to Gondwanasuchus according to P. L. Godoy et al. 2014

See also Marinho et al. 2013

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UFRJ DG 408-R, a partial skeleton (Partial skull, mandible and 5 cervical vertebrae). Its type locality is Buriti Farm, Itapecuru-Mirim (palaeosol 1), which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian alluvial fan sandstone in the Adamantina Formation of Brazil.

Ecology: planktonic carnivore

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

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