Protome
(phytosaur genus)
Name: Protome
(animals face).
Phonetic: Pro-tome.
Named By: M. R. Stocker - 2012.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Phytosauria, Phytosauridae.
Species: P. batalaria
(type).
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore.
Size: Uncertain due to lack of post cranial remains.
Known locations: USA, Arizona - Chinle
Formation.
Time period: Norian/Rhaetian of the Triassic.
Fossil representation: Partial skull and lower jaw.
When first described in 2004 the partial skull and jaws were originally interpreted as specimens of the Smilosuchus species S. adamanensis, though later study found it to be deserving of its own genus.
Further reading
- A new phytosaur (Archosauriformes, Phytosauria) from the
Lot's Wife beds (Sonsela Member) within the Chinle Formation
(Upper Triassic) of Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona -
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32 (3): 573–586. -
M. R. Stocker - 2012.
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