Sulcusuchus erraini Gasparini and Spalletti 1990 (plesiosaur)

Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Polycotylidae

Full reference: Z. Gasparini and L. A. Spalletti. 1990. Un nuevo cocodrilo en los depĆ³sitos mareales Maastrichtianos de la Patagonia noroccidental. Ameghiniana 27(1-2):141-150

Belongs to Sulcusuchus according to J. P. O'Gorman 2022

See also Gasparini et al. 2001, Gasparini and de la Fuente 2000, Gasparini and Spalletti 1990, Gasparini et al. 2015, O'Gorman 2015, O'Gorman 2016 and O'Gorman and Gasparini 2013

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MLP 88-IV-10-1, a mandible. Its type locality is Cari-Laufqen Grande Pond, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian marine horizon in the Los Alamitos Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Argentina (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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