Albertosuchus Wu and Brinkman 2015 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata

Full reference: X.-C. Wu and D. B. Brinkman. 2015. A new crocodylian (Eusuchia) from the uppermost Cretaceous of Alberta, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 52:590-607

Parent taxon: Eusuchia according to N. Chabrol et al. 2024

See also Wu and Brinkman 2015

Sister taxa: Aegyptosuchidae, Allodaposuchidae, Cocodrylidae, Confractosuchus, Crocodylia, Dolichochampsidae, Heterosuchus valdensis, Hylaeochampsidae, Isisfordia, Paralligatoridae, Pristichampsus, Pristichampsus rollinati, Stromerosuchidae, Susisuchus, Wanosuchus

Subtaxa: Albertosuchus knudsenii

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Type: Albertosuchus knudsenii

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Knudsen's Ranch (South of the ranch buildings) (Cretaceous of Alberta)

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