Genus: Apachesuchus SPIELMANN, & LUCAS, 2012
Etymology: In refernece to Apache Canyon, Quay County, New Mexico, a key collecting area for Redonda
Fromation Fossils, and Latin, suchus, "crocodile."
Species: heckerti SPIELMANN, & LUCAS, 2012
Etymology: In honor of Andrew B. Heckert, for helping to collect and intially
describing the holotype and for his extensive contributions to our knowledge of
Late Triassic vertebrates, especially aetosaurs.
= cf. Neoaetosauroides HECKERT, LUCAS, HUNT & HARRIS, 2001
Holotype: NMMNH P-31100
Locality: NMMNH locality 4211, Quay County, New Mexico.
Horizon: Quay Member, Redonda Formation, Chinle Group.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Apachean, Late Norian Stage- Rhaetian Stage, Upper Late Triassic Epoch, Late Late Triassic.
Material: Dorsal paramedian osteoderm.
Paratype:
NMMNH P-63426: Caudal osteoderm.
NMMNH P-63427: Cervical osteoderm.