Sphagesaurus Price 1950 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata - Sphagesauridae

Full reference: L. I. Price. 1950. On a new crocodilian, Sphagesaurus, from the Cretaceous of the State of São Paulo, Brazil. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 22(1):77-83

Parent taxon: Sphagesaurinae according to A. E. P. Pinheiro et al. 2021

See also Andrade and Bertini 2008, Bronzati et al. 2012, Fiorelli and Calvo 2008, Iori and Carvalho 2011, Iori et al. 2013, Martin et al. 2010, Martinelli 2003, Martinelli et al. 2018, Nascimento and Zaher 2011, Nobre and Carvalho 2006, Novas et al. 2009, Pol 2003, Pol et al. 2012, Pol et al. 2014, Pol and Norell 2004, Price 1959, Ruiz et al. 2021, Sertich and O'Connor 2014, Soto et al. 2011, Turner and Sertich 2010 and Zaher et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Armadillosuchus, Caryonosuchus

Subtaxa: Sphagesaurus huenei

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Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Brazil (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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