Volcanosuchus statisticae Datta et al. 2019 (archosaur)

Reptilia - Phytosauria - Parasuchidae

Full reference: D. Datta, S. Ray, and S. Bandyopadhyay. 2019. Cranial morphology of a new phytosaur (Diapsida, Archosauria) from the Upper Triassic of India: implications for phytosaur phylogeny and biostratigraphy. Papers in Palaeontology

Belongs to Volcanosuchus according to D. Datta et al. 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: ISIR 44, a partial skull. Its type locality is 4 miles W Tiki village, which is in a Carnian terrestrial sandstone in the Tiki Formation of India.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at 4 miles W Tiki village

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