Cassissuchus sanziuami Buscalioni 2017 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata - Gobiosuchidae

Full reference: A. D. Buscalioni. 2017. The Gobiosuchidae in the early evolution of Crocodyliformes. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37(3):e1324459:1-21

Belongs to Cassissuchus according to A. D. Buscalioni 2017

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MCCMLH 7991, a partial skeleton (Almost complete articulated skeleton lacking part of the hind limb). Its type locality is Las Hoyas (MCCM collection), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large limestone/packstone in the La Huérguina Formation of Spain.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Las Hoyas (MCCM collection)

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