Pinacosuchus mantiensis Gilmore 1942 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Crocodylia

Full reference: C. W. Gilmore. 1942. A new fossil reptile from the Upper Cretaceous of Utah. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 93(3158):109-114

Belongs to Pinacosuchus according to C. W. Gilmore 1942

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: U.S.N.M. No. 16592, a partial skeleton (maxillary fragment, 7 vertebral centra, partial coracoid and femur, numerous dermal scutes and spines). Its type locality is South Dragon Canyon, "lizard locality", which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the North Horn Formation of Utah.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at South Dragon Canyon, "lizard locality"

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