Theriosuchus morrisonensis Foster 2018 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata - Atoposauridae

Full reference: J. R. Foster. 2018. A new atoposaurid crocodylomorph from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic) of Wyoming, USA. Geology of the Intermountain West 5:287-295

Belongs to Theriosuchus according to J. R. Foster 2018

Sister taxa: Theriosuchus grandinaris, Theriosuchus pusillus

Type specimen: MWC 5625, a mandible (left mandible). Its type locality is Little Houston Quarry (SDSM V9138, SDSM V941), which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian pond mudstone/siltstone in the Morrison Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Little Houston Quarry (SDSM V9138, SDSM V941)

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