Basutodon ferox Huene 1932 (archosaur)

Reptilia - Pseudosuchia

Full reference: F. v. Huene. 1932. Die fossile Reptil-Ordnung Saurischia, ihre Entwicklung und Geschichte [The fossil reptile order Saurischia, their development and history]. Monographien zur Geologie und Palaeontologie, serie 1 4(1-2):1-361

Belongs to Basutodon according to P. Ellenberger 1970

See also Heerden 1979, Huene 1932, Knoll 2004, Kuhn 1939 and Steel 1970

Sister taxa: Likhoelesaurus, Likhoelesaurus ingens

Type specimen: NMB R.610, a tooth. Its type locality is Lerily, which is in a Norian/Rhaetian terrestrial horizon in the Elliot Formation of Lesotho.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Lerily

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