Lewisuchus admixtus Romer 1972

Reptilia - Dinosauromorpha - Silesauridae

Alternative combination: Lewisuchus admixus

Synonym: Pseudolagosuchus major Arcucci 1987

Full reference: A. S. Romer. 1972. The Chañares (Argentina) Triassic reptile fauna; XIV, Lewisuchus admixtus, gen. et sp. nov., a further thecodont from the Chañares beds. Breviora 390:1-13

Belongs to Lewisuchus according to M. D. Ezcurra et al. 2020

See also Agnolín et al. 2021, Arcucci 1987, Arcucci 1997, Bittencourt et al. 2014, Bittencourt and Kellner 2009, Bonaparte 1978, Bonaparte 1979, Bonaparte 1995, Ezcurra 2006, Griffin and Nesbitt 2016, Kammerer et al. 2012, Langer et al. 2010, Martínez et al. 2016, Martz and Small 2019, Marzola and Dalla Vecchia 2014, Mocho et al. 2014, Nesbitt 2011, Novas 1997, Olshevsky 1991, Parrish 1993, Paul 1988, Romer 1972, Sereno 1991 and Veiga et al. 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Lewisuchus admixtus: MLP 64-XI-14-14. Its type locality is Chañares River, 4 km north, which is in a Ladinian fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Chañares Formation of Argentina.
  • Pseudolagosuchus major: Its type locality is Rio Chañares, which is in a Ladinian fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Chañares Formation of Argentina.

Distribution:

• Triassic of Argentina (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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