Lucasuchus hunti Long and Murry 1995 (aetosaur)

Reptilia - Pseudosuchia - Stagonolepididae

Full reference: R. A. Long and P. A. Murry. 1995. Late Triassic (Carnian and Norian) Tetrapods from the Southwestern United States. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 4:1-254

Belongs to Lucasuchus according to W. G. Parker 2016

See also Desojo et al. 2013, Long and Murry 1995, Parker 2007 and Parker and Martz 2010

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: TMM 31100-257, an osteoderm (paramedian plate). Its type locality is Otis Chalk Quarry 3, TMM 31100, which is in a Carnian/Norian crevasse splay mudstone in the Colorado City Formation of Texas.

Ecology: herbivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of United States (3: North Carolina, Texas collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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