Orthogenysuchus olseni Mook 1924 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Crocodylia - Alligatoridae

Full reference: C. C. Mook. 1924. A new crocodilian from the Wasatch beds. American Museum Novitates 137:1-4

Belongs to Orthogenysuchus according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Mook 1924

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Amer. Mus. No. 5178, a skull (nearly complete skull with associated partial mandibles). Its type locality is North Fork of Tenmile Creek (AMNH), which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the Willwood Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at North Fork of Tenmile Creek (AMNH)

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