ScienceArmadillosuchus and Caryonosuchus reportedly reclassified as Sphagesaurus
A post describes a study finding that the fossils defining the two names are not distinct enough from a reference specimen of Sphagesaurus to remain separate.
TLDR
A post says a new study folds Armadillosuchus and Caryonosuchus into Sphagesaurus. According to its account, their holotypes—the fossil specimens used to define the names—are not distinct enough from a Sphagesaurus neotype, a replacement reference specimen, to justify keeping them separate.
Armadillosuchus and Caryonosuchus reportedly reclassified as Sphagesaurus
A post describes a study finding that the fossils defining the two names are not distinct enough from a reference specimen of Sphagesaurus to remain separate.
TLDR
A post says a new study folds Armadillosuchus and Caryonosuchus into Sphagesaurus. According to its account, their holotypes—the fossil specimens used to define the names—are not distinct enough from a Sphagesaurus neotype, a replacement reference specimen, to justify keeping them separate.
