Full reference: E. H. Colbert and R. T. Bird. 1954. A gigantic crocodile from the Upper Cretaceous beds of Texas. American Museum Novitates 1688:1-22
Belongs to Deinosuchus according to A. P. Cossette and C. A. Brochu 2020
Sister taxa: Deinosuchus hatcheri, Deinosuchus schwimmeri, Pliogonodon priscus, Phobosuchus riograndensis
Type specimen: AMNH 3073, a partial skeleton (Partial premaxillae, maxillae, mandibles, dorsal vertebra, scapula, partial ilium, scutes). Its type locality is East of Fresno Creek, which is in a Campanian/Campanian floodplain claystone in the Aguja Formation of Texas.
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mexico (1 collection), United States (3: Texas)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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