Neuquensuchus Fiorelli and Calvo 2007 (Neuquen crocodile)

Reptilia - Loricata

Full reference: L. E. Fiorelli and J. O. Calvo. 2007. The first "protosuchian" (Archosauria: Crocodyliformes) from the Cretaceous (Santonian) of Gondwana. Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 65(4):417-459

Parent taxon: Crocodyliformes according to G. Lio et al. 2018

See also Bronzati et al. 2012, Fiorelli and Calvo 2007, Fiorelli and Calvo 2008 and Leardi et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Crocodilus blavieri, Crocodilus provencialis, Entradasuchus, Gobiosuchidae, Karatausuchus, Kemkemia, Kemkemia auditorei, Krokolithidae, Lisboasaurus, Lisboasaurus estesi, Mesoeucrocodylia, Metasuchia, Microchampsa, Microchampsa scutata, Platyognathus, Protosuchia, Protosuchidae, Shartegosuchoidea

Subtaxa: Neuquensuchus universitas

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Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Boca del Sapo (Cretaceous of Argentina)

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