Malerisaurus Chatterjee 1980 (archosauromorph)

Reptilia - Protorosauria - Protorosauridae

Full reference: S. Chatterjee. 1980. Malerisaurus, A New Eosuchian Reptile from the Late Triassic of India. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 291:163-200

Parent taxon: Protorosauridae according to S. Chatterjee 1986

See also Benton 1985, Carroll 1988 and Chatterjee 1980

Sister taxa: Aphelosaurus, Microcnemus, Thecodontosaurus primus, Tridentinosaurus

Subtaxa: Malerisaurus robinsonae

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of India (1 collection), United States (2: Texas)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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