Araripesuchus buitreraensis Pol and Apesteguía 2005 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata

Full reference: D. Pol and S. Apesteguía. 2005. New Araripesuchus remains from the early Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Turonian) of Patagonia. American Museum Novitates 3940:1-38

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

See also Bronzati et al. 2012, Nascimento and Zaher 2010, Nascimento and Zaher 2011, Pol and Apesteguía 2005, Pol et al. 2014, Sereno and Larsson 2009 and Turner and Sertich 2010

Sister taxa: Araripesuchus gomesii, Araripesuchus patagonicus, Araripesuchus rattoides, Araripesuchus tsangatsangana, Araripesuchus wegeneri

Type specimen: MPCA-PV 235. Its type locality is Hoyada de los esfenodontes 1, La Buitrera, which is in a Cenomanian crevasse splay sandstone in the Candeleros Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Hoyada de los esfenodontes 1, La Buitrera

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