Oceanosuchus
Oceanosuchus is a genus of pholidosaurid mesoeucrocodylian, a type of marine crocodylomorph. It is known from a skull and partial skeleton found in early Cenomanian-age rocks from Normandy, France. The rostrum of the skull was relatively short compared to other pholidosaurids. Oceanosuchus was described in 2007 by Hua and colleagues. The type species is O. boecensis.[1]
| Oceanosuchus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Family: | †Pholidosauridae |
| Genus: | †Oceanosuchus Hua et al., 2007 |
| Type species | |
| †O. boecensis Hua et al., 2007 | |
Skull of Oceanosuchus boecensis (cast)
References
- Hua, S.; Buffetaut, E.; Legall, C.; Rogron, P. (2007). "Oceanosuchus boecensis n. gen., n. sp., a marine pholidosaurid (Crocodylia, Mesosuchia) from the Lower Cenomanian of Normandy (western France)". Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France. 178 (6): 503–513. doi:10.2113/gssgfbull.178.6.503.
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