Proterosuchus fergusi Broom, 1903

Nesbitt, Sterling J., 2011, The Early Evolution Of Archosaurs: Relationships And The Origin Of Major Clades, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (352), pp. 1-292 : 15-17

Proterosuchus fergusi Broom, 1903

( fig. 7A–B)

AGE: Induan, Early Triassic ( Rubidge, 2005).

OCCURRENCE: Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone (Beaufort Group) of South Africa.

HOLOTYPE: SAM 591, partial skull.

REFERRED MATERIAL: TM 201, incomplete skull; RC 96, complete skull; BSP 514, nearly complete skull and anterior cervical vertebrae; NM QR 1484 (also listed as NMC 3016), complete skull and nearly complete articulated skeleton; NM QR 880, complete braincase and partial skull, partial postcrania; AMNH FR 2237, fragmentary postcranial skeleton with nearly complete articulated leg; BP/1/3993, nearly complete skull with braincase.

REMARKS: See Nesbitt et al., 2009a.

KEY REFERENCES: Broom, 1903; Cruickshank, 1972, 1979; Gow, 1975; Welman and Flemming, 1993; Welman, 1998.