Charactosuchus fieldsi Langston 1965 (crocodile)

Reptilia - Crocodylia - Crocodylidae

Full reference: W. Langston. 1965. Fossil crocodilians from Colombia and the Cenozoic history of the Crocodilia in South America. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 52:1-169

Belongs to Charactosuchus according to D. Riff et al. 2010

See also Langston 1965

Sister taxa: Charactosuchus kugleri, Charactosuchus sansoai

Type specimen: UCMP 39646, a mandible (Partial mandibles). Its type locality is Toxodont Locality; UCMP V4519, which is in a Laventan terrestrial claystone in the Villavieja Formation of Colombia.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Brazil (1 collection), Colombia (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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