Tzaganosuchus Efimov 1983 (crocodile)

Reptilia - Crocodylia - Crocodylidae

Full reference: M. B. Efimov. 1983. Obzor iskopayemykh krokodilov Mongolii [Overview of the fossil crocodiles of Mongolia]. Fossil Reptiles of Mongolia. Sovmestnaya Sovetsko-Mongol'skaya Paleontologicheskaya Ekspeditsiya, Trudy [The Joint Soviet-Mongolian Paleontological Expedition, Transactions] 24:76-95

Parent taxon: Crocodylidae according to M. B. Efimov 1983

Sister taxa: Aldabrachampsus, Charactosuchus, Crocodylinae, Euthecodontinae, Leptorramphus, Osteolaeminae, Oxysdonsaurus, Oxysdonsaurus striatus, Zhyrasuchus

Subtaxa: Tzaganosuchus infansis

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Type: Tzaganosuchus infansis

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Tsagaan Khushuu (PIN collection 3104) (Eocene of Mongolia)

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