Name:
Bharitalasuchus
(large head crocodile).
Phonetic: Bha-re-tal-su-kus.
Named By: Martin D. Ezcurra, Saswati
Bandyopadhyay & David J. Gower - 2021.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Archosauriformes, Erythrosuchidae.
Species: B. tapani (type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Roughly estimated to have been about 2.3
meters long.
Known locations: India - Yerrapalli Formation.
Time period: Anisian of the Triassic.
Fossil representation: Partial skull bones and post
cranial skeleton
Bharitalasuchus
is a genus of erythrosuchid reptile that lived in South Asia during the
middle Triassic. Erythrosuchids are noted for proportionately large
heads and were among the key predators of the early and mid-Triassic.
Further reading
A new erythrosuchid archosauriform from the middle Triassic Yerrapalli
Formation of south-central India. - Ameghiniana. 58 (2). -
Martin D. Ezcurra, Saswati Bandyopadhyay & David J.
Gower - 2021.