Reptilia - Pseudosuchia - Gracilisuchidae
Full reference: A. W. A. Kellner, B. Holgado, O. Grillo, F. A. Pretto, L. Kerber, F. L. Pinheiro, M. B. Soares, C. L. Schultz, R. T. Lopes, O. Araújo, and R. T. Müller. 2022. Reassessment of Faxinalipterus minimus, a purported Triassic pterosaur from southern Brazil with the description of a new taxon. PeerJ 10(e13276)
Belongs to Maehary according to A. W. A. Kellner et al. 2022
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: CAPPA/UFSM 0300 (a partial skull, partial lower jaw, some vertebral centra, and a fragmentary scapula). Its type locality is Faxinal do Soturno, Linha São Luiz, which is in a Norian fluvial siltstone/sandstone in the Caturrita Formation of Brazil.
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution: found only at Faxinal do Soturno, Linha São Luiz
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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