Confractosuchus sauroktonos White et al. 2022 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata

Full reference: M. A. White, P. R. Bell, N. E. Campione, G. Sansalone, T. Brougham, J. J. Bevitt, R. E. Molnar, A. G. Cook, S. Wroe and D. A. Elliott. 2022. Abdominal contents reveal Cretaceous crocodyliforms ate dinosaurs. Gondwana Research

Belongs to Confractosuchus according to M. A. White et al. 2022

See also Poropat et al. 2023

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: AODF 0890, a partial skeleton (near-complete skull with partial postcranial skeleton). Its type locality is "Chookie Site", Elderslie Station (AODL 0120), which is in a Cenomanian/Cenomanian fluvial-lacustrine claystone in the Winton Formation of Australia.

Ecology: planktonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at "Chookie Site", Elderslie Station (AODL 0120)

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