Nicrosaurus kapffi Meyer 1860

Reptilia - Phytosauria - Parasuchidae

Alternative combinations: Belodon kapffi, Belodon kapfii, Lophoprosopus kapffi, Phytosaurus kapffi

Belongs to Nicrosaurus according to M. R. Stocker and R. J. Butler 2013

See also Gregory 1962, Hungerbühler 1998, Hungerbühler and Hunt 2000, Hunt and Lucas 1989, Kuhn 1971, Long and Murry 1995, Mehl 1915, Perrier 1928, Spangenberg 1898 and Swinton 1934

Sister taxon: Nicrosaurus meyeri

Type specimen: SMNS 4060, 4060a, uncat. no. 15, a partial skull. Its type locality is Heslach quarries, Stuttgart, "Heslacher Wand", which is in a Norian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Löwenstein Formation of Germany.

Distribution:

• Triassic of Germany (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections including 6 occurrences

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