Koumpiodontosuchus aprosdokiti Sweetman et al. 2015 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata - Bernissartiidae

Full reference: S. C. Sweetman, U. Pedreira-Segade, and S. U. Vidovic. 2015. A new bernissartiid crocodyliform from the Lower Cretaceous Wessex Formation (Wealden Group, Barremian) of the Isle of Wight, southern England. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60(2):257-268

Belongs to Koumpiodontosuchus according to S. C. Sweetman et al. 2015

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IWCMS 2012.203–204, a skull (posterior and rostral parts respectively of a substantially complete, isolated skull comprising the cranium and mandibles in occlusion with it). Its type locality is Beach northeast of Yaverland coastal car park, which is in a Barremian fluvial siltstone in the Wessex Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Beach northeast of Yaverland coastal car park

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