Genus: Gomphodontosuchus HUENE, 1928
Etymology: Greek, Gomphos, “molar”, Greek, odont- (odous), “tooth” and Greek, soukhos, “crocodile”: Molar-toothed crocodile.

Species: brasiliensis HUENE, 1928
Etymology: In reference to the country of Brazil.

Holotype: GPIT unnumbered

Locality: A private piece of land no. 1945, on BR-509 road, on the outskirts of the city of Santa Maria, 53°45’W, 29°40’S, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil.
Note: This is presumably the locality known as ‘Wald Sanga’.

Horizon: Santa Maria Formation (old Red mudstone of the Alemoa Member, Danta Maria Formation).

Biostratigraphy: Hyperodapedon Assemblage zone.

Age: Early Norian Stage, Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material: Fragmentary skull and dentary.

Referred material:

CROMPTON, 1955

Locality: B26, Ruhuhu Valley, Tanganyika, East Africa..

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Cam. Mus. Zool. 136: Fragment of left maxilla.