Knoetschkesuchus langenbergensis Schwarz et al. 2017 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata - Atoposauridae

Full reference: D. Schwarz, M. Raddatz, and O. Wings. 2017. Knoetschkesuchus langenbergensis gen. nov. sp. nov., a new atoposaurid crocodyliform from the Upper Jurassic Langenberg Quarry (Lower Saxony, northwestern Germany), and its relationships to Theriosuchus. PLoS ONE 12(2):e0160617:1-47

Belongs to Knoetschkesuchus according to D. Schwarz et al. 2017

Sister taxon: Knoetschkesuchus guimarotae

Type specimen: DFMMh/FV 200, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Rohstoffbetriebe Oker quarry, bed 83, Langenberg, which is in a Kimmeridgian estuary/bay mudstone in the Süntel Formation of Germany.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Rohstoffbetriebe Oker quarry, bed 83, Langenberg

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