Dagasuchus santacruzensis Lacerda et al. 2015 (archosaur)

Reptilia - Loricata

Full reference: M. B. Lacerda, C. L. Schultz, and C. Bertoni-Machado. 2015. First 'Rauisuchian' archosaur (Pseudosuchia, Loricata) for the Middle Triassic Santacruzodon Assemblage Zone (Santa Maria Supersequence), Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. PLoS One 10(2):e0118563

Belongs to Dagasuchus according to M. B. Lacerda et al. 2015

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UFRGS-PV-1244-T, UFRGS-PV-1245-T, a set of postcrania. Its type locality is Santuario Schoenstatt, Santa Cruz do Sol fauna, which is in a Carnian floodplain mudstone/sandstone in the Santa Maria Formation of Brazil.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Santuario Schoenstatt, Santa Cruz do Sol fauna

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