Reptilia - Diapsida - Proterosuchidae
Full reference: M. D. Ezcurra and R. J. Butler. 2015. Taxonomy of the proterosuchid archosauriforms (Diapsida: Archosauromorpha) from the earliest Triassic of South Africa, and implications for the early archosauriform radiation. Palaeontology 58(1):141-170
Belongs to Proterosuchus according to M. D. Ezcurra 2016
See also Ezcurra and Butler 2015
Sister taxa: Proterosuchus alexanderi, Proterosuchus fergusi, Chasmatosaurus yuani
Type specimen: NMQR 880, a partial skull (partial skull with detached braincase, a right dorsal rib, and left tibia and fibula). Its type locality is Kruisvlei 279, east of Winburg, which is in a Triassic terrestrial horizon in the Katberg Formation of South Africa.
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution: found only at Kruisvlei 279, east of Winburg
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