Khoratosuchus Lauprasert et al. 2009 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata

Full reference: K. Lauprasert, G. Cuny, K. Thirakhupt and V. Suteethorn. 2009. Khoratosuchus jintasakuli gen. et sp. nov., an advanced neosuchian crocodyliform from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) of NE Thailand. Late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Ecosystems in SE Asia. The Geological Society of London, Special Publication 315:175-187

Parent taxon: Neosuchia according to F. C. Montefeltro et al. 2013

See also Bronzati et al. 2012 and Lauprasert et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Alligatorium franconicum, Atoposauridae, Bernissartia, Bernissartiidae, Brillanceausuchidae, Burkesuchus, Coelognathosuchia, Eusuchia, Gilchristosuchus, Goniopholis phuwiangensis, Heterosuchus, Ischyrochampsa, Ischyrochampsa meridionalis, Montsecosuchus, Paluxysuchidae, Shamosuchus karakalpakensis, Shamosuchus occidentalis, Stomatosuchidae, Susisuchidae, Wahasuchus

Subtaxa: Khoratosuchus jintasakuli

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Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ban Saphan Hin (Cretaceous of Thailand)

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