Apatosuchus orbitoangulatus Huene 1932 (archosaur)

Reptilia - Loricata

Alternative combination: Halticosaurus orbitoangulatus

Full reference: F. v. Huene. 1932. Die fossile Reptil-Ordnung Saurischia, ihre Entwicklung und Geschichte [The fossil reptile order Saurischia, their development and history]. Monographien zur Geologie und Palaeontologie, serie 1 4(1-2):1-361

Belongs to Apatosuchus according to H.-D. Sues and R. R. Schoch 2013

See also Berckhemer 1938, Huene 1932, Kuhn 1939, Kuhn 1971, Rauhut and Hungerbühler 2000, Schmidt 1938, Steel 1970 and Welles 1984

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SMNS 12353b, a partial skull

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Burrer Quarry, Pfaffenhofen (Triassic of Germany)

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