Reptilia - Loricata - Dyrosauridae

Full reference: A. K. Hastings, J. I. Bloch, and C. A. Jaramillo. 2015. A new blunt-snouted dyrosaurid, Anthracosuchus balrogus gen. et sp. nov. (Crocodylomorpha, Mesoeucrocodylia), from the Palaeocene of Colombia. Historical Biology 27(8):998-1020

Parent taxon: Dyrosauridae according to S. Jouve et al. 2021

See also Hastings et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Brachiosuchus, Cerrejonisuchus, Chenanisuchus, Dyrosaurus minor, Hyposaurinae, Hyposaurus rogersii, Phosphatosaurinae, Rodeosuchus, Tilemsisuchus

Subtaxa: Anthracosuchus balrogus

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Type: Anthracosuchus balrogus

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cerrejón Coal Mine (clay layer below Coal Seam 90) (Paleocene to Paleocene of Colombia)

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