Asiatosuchus grangeri Mook 1940 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Crocodylia

Full reference: C. C. Mook. 1940. A new fossil crocodilian from Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 1097:1-3

Belongs to Asiatosuchus according to C. C. Mook 1940

See also Angielczyk and Gingerich 1998

Sister taxa: Asiatosuchus depressifrons, Asiatosuchus germanicus, Asiatosuchus nanlingensis, Asiatosuchus oenotriensis, Crocodylus vicetinus

Type specimen: AMNH 6606, a mandible (lower jaws). Its type locality is 7 Miles West of Camp Margetts (1930 AMNH Gobiatherium type locality), which is in an Arshantan terrestrial claystone in the Arshanto Formation of China.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at 7 Miles West of Camp Margetts (1930 AMNH Gobiatherium type locality)

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