Genus: Aplestosuchus GODY, MONTEFELTRO, NORELL, & LANGER, 2014
Etymology: Greek, aplestos, "insatiate, gluttonous" and Greek, souchus, after
a cretaure of Egyptian zoomorphism.
Species: sordidus GODY,
MONTEFELTRO, NORELL, & LANGER,
2014
Etymology: Latin, sordidus, "filthy"; in reference to the manifest greedy behavior
of the animal.
Holotype: IPRP/USP 0229a
Locality: Buruti creek area, General Salgado municipality, Sao Paulo State, Brazil.
Horizon: Adamantina Formation, Bauru Group.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Turonian Stage, Uppermost Gallic Subepoch-Santonian Stage, Lower Senonian Subepoch, Lower Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material: Skull and nearly complete skeleton.
Aplestosuchus sordidus (modified from Gody et al. 2014).
Referred material:
Sphagosaurid found in its stomach region.
IPRP/USP 0229b: 3 isoalted teeth, frontal, parietla, palpebral, and jugle bones.