Reptilia - Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Full reference: A. P. Cossette. 2021. A new species of Bottosaurus (Alligatoroidea: Caimaninae) from the Black Peaks Formation (Palaeocene) of Texas indicates an early radiation of North American caimanines. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 191(1):276-301
Belongs to Bottosaurus according to A. P. Cossette 2021
Sister taxon: Bottosaurus harlani
Type specimen: TMM 40148-7, a partial skeleton (Partial skull and postcrania). Its type locality is Ray's Bonebed, which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial horizon in the Black Peaks Formation of Texas.
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (2: Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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