Reptilia - Diapsida - Proterosuchidae
Alternative combination: Chasmatosaurus alexanderi
Full reference: A. C. Hoffman. 1965. On the discovery of a new thecodont from the Middle Beaufort Beds. Navorsinge van die Nasionale Museum Bloemfontein 2:33-40
Belongs to Proterosuchus according to M. D. Ezcurra 2016
See also Charig and Sues 1976, Cruickshank 1972, Ezcurra et al. 2013, Ezcurra and Butler 2015 and Welman 1998
Sister taxa: Proterosuchus fergusi, Proterosuchus goweri, Chasmatosaurus yuani
Type specimen: NM 1484/C. 3016, a skeleton. Its type locality is Zeekoeigat, Venterstad, which is in an Induan/Olenekian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution: found only at Zeekoeigat, Venterstad
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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