Varanosuchus Pochat-Cottilloux et al. 2024 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata - Atoposauridae

Full reference: Y. Pochat-Cottilloux, K. Lauprasert, P. Chanthasit, S. Manitkoon, J. Adrien, J. Lachambre, R. Amiot and J. E. Martin. 2024. New Cretaceous neosuchians (Crocodylomorpha) from Thailand bridge the evolutionary history of atoposaurids and paralligatorids. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Parent taxon: Atoposauridae according to Y. Pochat-Cottilloux et al. 2024

Sister taxa: Alligatorellus, Alligatorium, Aprosuchus, Atoposaurus, Knoetschkesuchus, Sabresuchus, Theriosuchus

Subtaxa: Varanosuchus sakonnakhonensis

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Type: Varanosuchus sakonnakhonensis

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Phu Sung (Cretaceous of Thailand)

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