Caipirasuchus stenognathus Pol et al. 2014 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata - Sphagesauridae

Full reference: D. Pol, P. M. Nascimento, A. B. Carvalho, C. Riccomini, R. A. Pires-Domingues and H. Zaher. 2014. A new notosuchian from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil and the phylogeny of advanced notosuchians. PLoS One 9(4):e93105

Belongs to Caipirasuchus according to D. Pol et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Caipirasuchus attenboroughi, Caipirasuchus mineirus, Caipirasuchus montealtensis, Caipirasuchus paulistanus

Type specimen: MZSP-PV 139, a partial skull (An almost complete skull, lacking the posterior left region and part of the occipital region, found in articulation with complete lower jaws). Its type locality is Boa Esperança farm, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian fluvial sandstone in the Adamantina Formation of Brazil.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Boa Esperança farm

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