Machaeroprosopus lottorum Hungerbühler et al. 2013 (archosaur)

Reptilia - Phytosauria - Parasuchidae

Full reference: A. Hungerbühler, B. Mueller, S. Chatterjee and D. P. Cunningham. 2013. Cranial anatomy of the Late Triassic phytosaur Machaeroprosopus, with the description of a new species from West Texas. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 103:269-312

Belongs to Machaeroprosopus according to W. G. Parker et al. 2013

See also Hungerbühler et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Machaeroprosopus andersoni, Machaeroprosopus buceros, Machaeroprosopus jablonskiae, Machaeroprosopus mccauleyi, Machaeroprosopus pristinus, Machaeroprosopus tenuis, Machaeroprosopus validus, Pseudopalatus maccauleyi, Redondasaurus bermani, Redondasaurus gregorii

Type specimen: TTU-P10076, a skull. Its type locality is TTU VPL 3870, which is in a Norian channel sandstone/mudstone in the Cooper Canyon Formation of Texas.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at TTU VPL 3870

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