Etjosuchus recurvidens Tolchard et al. 2021 (archosaur)

Reptilia - Loricata

Full reference: F. Tolchard, R. M. H. Smith, A. Arcuccid, H. Mockee, and J. N. Choinierea. 2021. A new ‘rauisuchian’ archosaur from the Middle Triassic Omingonde Formation (Karoo Supergroup) of Namibia. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 19(8):595-631

Belongs to Etjosuchus according to F. Tolchard et al. 2021

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: GSN F382, a partial skeleton (an incomplete, associated and partially articulated specimen including the skull, axial column (except for sacral and posterior caudal ver- tebrae), osteoderms,). Its type locality is Omingonde riverbed, which is in a Ladinian/Carnian channel sandstone in the Omingonde Formation of Namibia.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Omingonde riverbed

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