Ceratosuchus Schmidt 1938 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Crocodylia - Alligatoridae

Full reference: K. P. Schmidt. 1938. New crocodilians from the upper Paleocene of western Colorado. Geological Series of Field Museum of Natural History 6(21):315-321

Parent taxon: Caimaninae according to J. P. Rio and P. D. Mannion 2021

See also Bartels 1984, Brochu 1999, Carroll 1988, Farke et al. 2014, Martin and Lauprasert 2010, Massonne et al. 2019, Pinheiro et al. 2013, Schmidt 1938 and Wu et al. 1996

Sister taxa: Brachychampsa, Caiman tremembensis, Centenariosuchus, Chinatichampsus, Culebrasuchus, Globidentosuchus, Gnatusuchus, Jacarea, Kuttanacaiman, Mourasuchus, Nettosuchidae, Orthogenysuchus, Stangerochampsa, Wannaganosuchus

Subtaxa: Ceratosuchus burdoshi

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Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (1: Wyoming collection)

• Paleocene of United States (4: Colorado, Wyoming)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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