Kyasuchus saevi Efimov and Leschinskii 1998 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata - Shartegosuchidae

Full reference: M. B. Efimov and S. B. Leschinskii. 1998. Pervaya nakhodka cherepa iskopaemogo krokodila v Siberi [The first finding of a fossil crocodile skull in Siberia]. Paleontologiya i Stratigrafiya 3:361-363

Belongs to Kyasuchus according to M. B. Efimov and S. B. Leschinskii 1998

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PM TGU 16/I-184, a partial skull. Its type locality is Shestakovo-3, which is in a Barremian/Aptian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone/siltstone in the Ilek Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: planktonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Shestakovo-3

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