Deinosuchus schwimmeri Cossette and Brochu 2020 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Crocodylia

Full reference: A. P. Cossette and C. A. Brochu. 2020. A systematic review of the giant alligatoroid Deinosuchus from the Campanian of North America and its implications for the relationships at the root of Crocodylia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 40(1):e1767638:1-37

Belongs to Deinosuchus according to A. P. Cossette and C. A. Brochu 2020

Sister taxa: Deinosuchus hatcheri, Deinosuchus riograndensis, Pliogonodon priscus, Phobosuchus riograndensis

Type specimen: MMNS VP-256, a partial skull (posterior skull and partial mandible). Its type locality is Tulip Creek (Tupelo), which is in a Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Coffee Sand Formation of Mississippi.

Ecology: planktonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (3: Alabama, Mississippi collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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