Reptilia - Loricata

Full reference: D. Pol, O. W. M. Rauhut, A. Lecuona, J. M. Leardi, X. Xu and J. M. Clark. 2013. A new fossil from the Jurassic of Patagonia reveals the early basicranial evolution and the origins of Crocodyliformes. Biological Reviews 88(4):862-872

Parent taxon: Solidocrania according to A. A. Ruebenstahl et al. 2022

See also Irmis et al. 2013 and Pol et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Crocodyliformes, Junggarsuchus, Macelognathus

Subtaxa: Almadasuchus figarii

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Type: Almadasuchus figarii

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Puesto Almada, 15 km north of the village of Cerro Cóndor, 30m above fish beds (Jurassic of Argentina)

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