Duerosuchus
Duerosuchus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauria |
Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
Clade: | Eusuchia |
Family: | †Planocraniidae |
Genus: | †Duerosuchus Santiago and Andrés, 2009 |
Type species | |
†Duerosuchus piscator Santiago and Andrés, 2009
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Duerosuchus is an
Duerosuchus is a
Discovery
Remains of Duerosuchus were unearthed by an excavation team from the
Description
The skull of Duerosuchus is around 20 centimetres (7.9 in) long. The length of the entire animal is estimated to have been around 160 centimetres (63 in). This estimation is based on the size of the body relative to the skull in similar crocodilians where the body length is known. The holotype skull, known as STUS 14.133, is missing some bones such as those surrounding the infratemporal fenestra on the backside of the skull and the nasal bone along the midline of the snout. Despite the lack of some material, the shape of the skull can be inferred from existing bones. The teeth are sharp and recurved with narrow bases. There is a notch in the premaxilla to accommodate the fourth mandibular tooth of the lower jaw.[1]
Paleobiology
In addition to Duerosuchus, three other Eocene
References
- ^ a b c Santiago, L.A.; Andrés, L.A. (2009). "Nuevo género de Crocodylia del Eoceno medio de la Península Ibérica (Zamora, España): Duerosuchus piscator nov. gen., nov. sp". Studia Geologica Salmanticensia. 45 (2): 149–173.
- S2CID 242094589.
- ^ Ernesto (2009). "Duerosuchus Piscator". Paleontologia Ernesto. Telefónica. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
- ^ "Hallados en Corrales los restos fósiles de un cocodrilo de hace más de 40 millones de años". laopiniondezamora.es. 21 January 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2010.