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

Belongs to Anthracosuchus according to A. K. Hastings et al. 2015

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UF/IGM 67, a partial skeleton (Nearly complete skull, 7 vertebrae and 9 ribs). Its type locality is Cerrejón Coal Mine (clay layer below Coal Seam 90), which is in a Paleocene/Paleocene floodplain claystone/lignite in the Cerrejón Formation of Colombia.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cerrejón Coal Mine (clay layer below Coal Seam 90)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.