Reptilia - Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Full reference: J. P. Souza-Filho, E. Guilherme, P. M. Toledo, I. S. Carvalho, F. R. Negri, A. A. R. Maciente, G. M. Cidade, M. B. S. Lacerda, and L. G. Souza. 2020. On a new Melanosuchus species (Alligatoroidea: Caimaninae) from Solimões Formation (Eocene-Pliocene), Northern Brazil, and evolution of Caimaninae. Zootaxa 4894(4):561-593
Belongs to Melanosuchus according to J. P. Souza-Filho et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Melanosuchus fisheri, Melanosuchus niger
Type specimen: UFAC 2793, a partial skull (right part of a rostrum). Its type locality is Talismã, upper Purus River, which is in a Tortonian fluvial-lacustrine mudstone/claystone in the Solimões Formation of Brazil.
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution: found only at Talismã, upper Purus River
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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