Calsoyasuchus Tykoski et al. 2002 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata - Goniopholididae

Full reference: R. S. Tykoski, T. B. Rowe, R. A. Ketcham and M. W. Colbert. 2002. Calsoyasuchus valliceps, a new crocodyliform from the Early Jurassic Kayenta Formation of Arizona. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(3):593-611

Parent taxon: Goniopholididae according to E. Puértolas-Pascual et al. 2015

See also Andrade et al. 2011, Bronzati et al. 2012, Lauprasert et al. 2007, Martin and Buffetaut 2012, Pritchard et al. 2013 and Tykoski et al. 2002

Sister taxa: Amphicotylus, Anteophthalmosuchus, Coelosuchus, Denazinosuchus, Eutretauranosuchus, Goniopholinae, Goniopholis, Goniopholis tenuidens, Hulkepholis, Nannosuchus, Ophiussasuchus, Oweniasuchus, Oweniasuchus lusitanicus, Pinaosuchus, Pliogonodon, Siamosuchus, Sunosuchus, Symptosuchus, Symptosuchus contortidens

Subtaxa: Calsoyasuchus valliceps

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Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Calsoyasuchus Hill (TMM 43631) (Jurassic of Arizona)

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