Hassiacosuchus haupti Weitzel 1935 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Crocodylia

Alternative combination: Allognathosuchus haupti

Full reference: K. Weitzel. 1935. Hassiacosuchus haupti n. g. n. sp., ein durophages Krokodil aus dem Mitteleozän von Messel. Notizblatt des Vereins für Erdkunde und der Hessischen Geologischen Landesanstalt Darmstadt 16:40-49

Belongs to Hassiacosuchus according to C. A. Brochu 2004

See also Brochu 1999, Farke et al. 2014, Puértolas et al. 2011 and Weitzel 1935

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Landesmuseum Darmstadt, Nr. 4415, a skull. Its type locality is Grube Messel Pit (Museum Darmstadt Collection), which is in a MP 11 crater lake claystone in the Messel Formation of Germany.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Grube Messel Pit (Museum Darmstadt Collection)

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