Reptilia - Loricata - Pholidosauridae
Full reference: A. Mones. 1980. Nuevos elementos de la paleoherpetofauna del Uruguay (Crocodilia y Dinosauria) [New elements of the paleoherpetofauna of Uruguay (Crocodilia and Dinosauria)]. Actas II Congreso Argentino de Paleontologia y Bioestratigrafia y I Congreso Latinoamericano, Buenos Aires 1:265-277
Belongs to Meridiosaurus according to D. Fortier et al. 2011
See also Mones 1980
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: FC-DPV-2322 (formerly SPV-FHC 27.II.78.1), a skull (Anterior part of rostrum, mandible fragments, one osteoderm, and unidentifiable fragments). Its type locality is Los Rosanos, Valle Edén, which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian terrestrial sandstone in the Tacuarembó Formation of Uruguay.
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution: found only at Los Rosanos, Valle Edén
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