Ceratosuchus burdoshi Schmidt 1938 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Crocodylia - Alligatoridae

Full reference: K. P. Schmidt. 1938. New crocodilians from the upper Paleocene of western Colorado. Geological Series of Field Museum of Natural History 6(21):315-321

Belongs to Ceratosuchus according to W. S. Bartels 1984

See also Farke et al. 2014 and Schmidt 1938

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: F.M. No. P15576, a skull (skull without mandibles). Its type locality is Ceratosuchus burdoshi type locality, which is in a Clarkforkian terrestrial horizon in the DeBeque Formation of Colorado.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Clarkforkian of United States (4: Colorado, Wyoming collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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