†Trochosuchus major Broom 1915 (therapsid)
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Full reference: R. Broom. 1915. Catalogue of types and figured specimens of fossil vertebrates in the American Museum of Natural History. II.–Permian, Triassic and Jurassic reptiles of South Africa. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 25(2):105-164
Belongs to Trochosuchus according to R. Broom 1915
Sister taxon: Trochosuchus acutus
Type specimen: AMNH 5543. Its type locality is Rietfontein, which is in a Capitanian dry floodplain mudstone in the Abrahamskraal Formation of South Africa.
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution: found only at Rietfontein
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