Ophiussasuchus López-Rojas et al. 2024 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata - Goniopholididae

Full reference: V. López-Rojas, S. Mateus, J. Marinheiro, O. Mateus, and E. Puértolas-Pascual. 2024. A new goniopholidid crocodylomorph from the Late Jurassic of Portugal . Palaeontologia Electronica 27(1):A5:1-33

Parent taxon: Goniopholidae according to V. López-Rojas et al. 2024

Sister taxa: Amphicotylus, Anteophthalmosuchus, Calsoyasuchus, Coelosuchus, Denazinosuchus, Eutretauranosuchus, Goniopholinae, Goniopholis, Goniopholis tenuidens, Hulkepholis, Nannosuchus, Oweniasuchus, Oweniasuchus lusitanicus, Pinaosuchus, Pliogonodon, Siamosuchus, Sunosuchus, Symptosuchus, Symptosuchus contortidens

Subtaxa: Ophiussasuchus paimogonectes

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Type: Ophiussasuchus paimogonectes

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Paimogo (Jurassic of Portugal)

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