Reptilia - Loricata - Dyrosauridae
Full reference: E. Buffetaut and G. Wouters. 1979. Atlantosuchus coupatez i, n. g., n. sp., un nouveau Dyrosauride (Crocodylia, Mesosuchia) des phosphates Montiens du Maroc. Bulletin trimestriel de la Société Géologique de Normandie et des Amis du Muséum du Havre 66:85-90
Parent taxon: Hyposaurinae according to S. Jouve et al. 2021
See also Bronzati et al. 2012, Buffetaut and Wouters 1979, Carroll 1988 and Jouve et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Acherontisuchus, Arambourgisuchus, Congosaurus, Dorbignysuchus, Dyrosaurus, Hyposaurus, Hyposaurus paucidens, Luciasuchus, Rhabdognathus
Subtaxa: Atlantosuchus coupatezi
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Morocco (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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