Features of its hip closely resemble those of other early loricatans such as " Stagonosuchus " and " Saurosuchus " . " Dagasuchus " is notable for being the first loricatan found in the " Santacruzodon " assemblage zone of the Santa Maria Formation; previously loricatans were only known from the older " Dinodontosaurus " assemblage zone and the younger " Hyperodapedon " assemblage zone within the Santa Maria Formation, meaning that " Dagasuchus " fills in a gap in the fossil record of the group.
