Acaenasuchus geoffreyi Long and Murry 1995 (aetosaur)

Reptilia - Pseudosuchia - Stagonolepididae

Full reference: R. A. Long and P. A. Murry. 1995. Late Triassic (Carnian and Norian) Tetrapods from the Southwestern United States. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 4:1-254

Belongs to Acaenasuchus according to J. B. Desojo et al. 2013

See also Heckert and Lucas 2000, Heckert and Lucas 2002, Irmis 2005, Long and Murry 1995, Parker 2005, Parker 2007 and Parker 2008

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UCMP 7308/139576, an osteoderm (paramedian plate). Its type locality is Blue Hills 1, UCMP V7307, V7308, which is in a Norian terrestrial horizon in the Chinle Formation of Arizona.

Ecology: herbivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of United States (8: Arizona collections)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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