Genus: Decuriasuchus FRANCA, FERIGOLO & LANGER, 2011
Etymology: After decury, groups of ten into which the Roman cavalry was divided
(reference to the number of individuals in the siet) and Greek, suchos, after
the Egyptian crocodile-headed god.
Species: quartacolonia FRANCA, FERIGOLO & LANGER, 2011
Etymology: After "Quarta Colonia," Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, region where the fossils were collected.
Holotype: MCN PV10105a
Locality: "Posto" locality, about 200 m north of RS 348 road, within the western outskirts of Dona Francisa, from two different large rivines; 29°37'38"S, 53°22'07W (MCN PV 10105) and 29°37'36"S, 53°22'02'W (MCN PV10004), Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil.
Horizon: Alemoa Member, Santa Maria Formation, Rosario do Sul Group.
Biostratigraphy: Dinodontosaurus Biozone.
Age: Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.
Material: Articulated partial skeleton, lacking scapular girdle and limbs.
Paratypes: (MCN PV 10105b-i): 8 specimens associated with holotype.
Breakdown as follows;
MCN PV 10105b: Nearly complete skeleton lacking skull and forelimb parts.
MCN PV 10105c: Skull and nearly complete postcranium.
MCN PV 10105d: Skull and presacral vertebrae.
MCN PV 10105e: Trunk and tail vertebrae, pelvic girdle and limbs.
MCN PV 10105f: Distal half of the tail.
MCN PV 10105g: Tail vertebrae, pelvic girdle and femora.
MCN PV 10105h: Tail vertebra, pelvic girdle and limbs.
MCN PV 10105i: Presacral vertebrae.
Referred material:
MCN PV 10004: Cranial elements.
= cf. Decuriasuchus quartacolonia PAVANATTO, DA-ROSA, TEMP-MULLER, ROBERTO-DA-SILVA, RIBEIRO, MARTINELLI & DIAS-DA-SILVA, 2020
Locality: Bortolin site (Antonini Bortolin site), 100 m from the highway RS 149, 29°37'24.04"S, 53°22'33.0W, about 1.5 km westward of the crossroad to the municipality of Dona Francisa, Parana Basin, Rio Grande do Sul State, Southern Brazil.
Horizon: Pinheiros-Chiniqua Sequence, Santa Maria Supersequence.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Landian Stage, Late Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic-Carnian Stage, Early Late Triassic Epoch, Early Late Triassic.
Material:
MCN-PV 10317: A partial skull roof.