Comahuesuchus brachybuccalis Bonaparte 1991 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata

Full reference: J. F. Bonaparte. 1991. Los vertebrados fósiles de la Formación Rio Colorado, de la Ciudad de Neuquén y Cercanías, Cretácico Superior, Argentina [The vertebrate fossils of the Rio Colorado Formation, from the city of Neuquén and surrounding areas, Upper Cretaceous, Argentina]. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" e Instituto Nacional de Investigación de las Ciencias Naturales: Paleontología 4(3):17-123

Belongs to Comahuesuchus according to J. J. W. Sertich and P. M. O'Connor 2014

See also Bonaparte 1991, Bronzati et al. 2012, Martinelli and Pais 2008, Nascimento and Zaher 2010, Nobre and Carvalho 2006 and Turner and Sertich 2010

Sister taxon: Comahuesuchus bonapartei

Type specimen: MUCPv-202. Its type locality is Universidad Nacional del Comahue (W), which is in a Santonian fluvial-deltaic sandstone in the Bajo de la Carpa Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Argentina (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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