In Depth
Paleorhinus has been one of the key phytosaur genera for well over a hundred years now, however many of the species once assigned to the genus have now been re-assigned to other genera. At the time of writing the only recognised species of Paleorhinus are the type species P. bransoni from the USA, and P. angustifrons and P. cf. arenaceus from Germany and Poland respectively.
Like all phytosaurs, Paleorhinus was not related to crocodiles, yet would have been very much like a modern crocodile in overall appearance and ecological niche. Though Paleorhinus would have rested on land, most hunting would have been done in the water.
Further Reading
- Notice of some new reptiles from the Upper Trias of Wyoming. - Journal of Geology 12:688-697. - S. W. Williston - 1904. - Weitere Parasuchier und Labyrinthodonten aus dem Blasensandstein des mittleren Keuper von Ebrach [Further parasuchians and labyrinthodonts from the Blasensandstein of the middle Keuper of Ebrach]. - Pal�ontographica Abteilung A 83:61-98. - O. Kuhn - 1936. - A review of the early Late Triassic Krasiej�w biotafrom Silesia, Poland. - Palaeontologia Polonica 64 (1): 3–27. - J. Dzik & T. Sulej - 2007. – Francosuchus’ trauthi is not Paleorhinus: Implications for Late Triassic vertebrate biostratigraphy. - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33 (4): 858–864. - R. J. Butler - 2013.
