†Hemiprotosuchus leali Bonaparte 1969 (crocodilian)
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Reptilia - Loricata - Protosuchidae
Full reference: J. F. Bonaparte. 1969. Dos nuevas "faunas" de reptiles triasicos de Argentina [Two new reptilian "faunas" of the Argentine Triassic]. Gondwana Stratigraphy (IUGS Symposium, Buenos Aires) 2:283-306
Belongs to Hemiprotosuchus according to J. J. W. Sertich and P. M. O'Connor 2014
See also Bonaparte 1969, Bonaparte 1971 and Bronzati et al. 2012
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PVL 3829, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Quebrada de los Jachaleros, which is in a Norian fluvial-lacustrine siliciclastic in the Los Colorados Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution: found only at Quebrada de los Jachaleros
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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