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| fossil_range = [[Early Cretaceous]] |
| fossil_range = [[Early Cretaceous]] |
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| image = Elosuchus BW.jpg |
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| image_caption = ''Elosuchus cherifiensis'' |
| image_caption = ''Elosuchus cherifiensis'' |
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| classis = [[Reptile|Sauropsida]] |
| classis = [[Reptile|Sauropsida]] |
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| superordo = [[Crocodylomorpha]] |
| superordo = [[Crocodylomorpha]] |
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| unranked_familia= |
| unranked_familia= [[Mesoeucrocodylia]] |
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| familia = [[Elosuchidae]] |
| familia = [[Elosuchidae]] |
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| genus = '''''Elosuchus''''' |
| genus = '''''Elosuchus''''' |
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| genus_authority = de Broin, 2002 |
| genus_authority = de Broin, 2002 |
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| subdivision_ranks = Species |
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]] |
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* ''S. cherifiensis'' (Lavocat, 1955) Broin, 2002 |
* ''S. cherifiensis'' <small>(Lavocat, 1955) Broin, 2002</small> |
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* ''S. felixi'' Broin, 2002 |
* ''S. felixi'' <small>Broin, 2002</small> |
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| fossil-range = Early [[Cretaceous]] |
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[[File:Elosuchus cherifiensis.JPG|thumb|left|Skull of ''Elosuchus cherifiensis''.]] |
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'''''Elosuchus''''' is an [[extinct]] [[genus]] of [[ |
'''''Elosuchus''''' is an [[extinct]] [[genus]] of [[neosuchia]]n [[Crocodyliformes|crocodyliform]] that lived during the [[Early Cretaceous]] of what is now North Africa ([[Morocco]], [[Algeria]] and [[Niger]]). |
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The genus contains two species, ''E. cherifiensis'' from Algeria and Morocco, formerly described as a species of ''[[Thoracosaurus]]'' by Lavocat, |
The genus contains two species, ''E. cherifiensis'' from Algeria and Morocco, formerly described as a species of ''[[Thoracosaurus]]'' by Lavocat,<ref>Lavocat, R., 1955, Decouverte d'un Crocodilien du genre ''Thoracosaurus'' dans le Cretace Superiuer d'Afrique: Bulletin du Museum National d'Historie Naturelle, Paris, v. 2, n. 27, p. 338-340.</ref> and ''E. felixi'' from Niger. The genus has been recognized to be separate from ''Thoracosaurus'' by Broin in 2002,<ref>de Broin, F. de L., 2002, ''Elosuchus'', a new genus of crocodile from the Lower Cretaceous of the North of Africa: C. R. Palevol, v. 1, p. 275-285.</ref> who created the family '''Elosuchidae''' that also contains the genus ''[[Stolokrosuchus]]'' from Niger.<ref>Larsson, H. C. E., and Gado, B., 2000, A new early Cretaceous crocodyliform from Niger: Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, v. 217, n. 1, p. 131-141.</ref> |
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''Elosuchus'' had an elongated snout like a [[gharial]] and was probably a fully aquatic animal. |
''Elosuchus'' had an elongated snout like a [[gharial]] and was probably a fully aquatic animal. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Elosuchus is an extinct genus of neosuchian crocodyliform that lived during the Early Cretaceous of what is now North Africa (Morocco, Algeria and Niger). The genus contains two species, E. cherifiensis from Algeria and Morocco, formerly described as a species of Thoracosaurus by Lavocat,[1] and E. felixi from Niger. The genus has been recognized to be separate from Thoracosaurus by Broin in 2002,[2] who created the family Elosuchidae that also contains the genus Stolokrosuchus from Niger.[3] Elosuchus had an elongated snout like a gharial and was probably a fully aquatic animal.
References
- ^ Lavocat, R., 1955, Decouverte d'un Crocodilien du genre Thoracosaurus dans le Cretace Superiuer d'Afrique: Bulletin du Museum National d'Historie Naturelle, Paris, v. 2, n. 27, p. 338-340.
- ^ de Broin, F. de L., 2002, Elosuchus, a new genus of crocodile from the Lower Cretaceous of the North of Africa: C. R. Palevol, v. 1, p. 275-285.
- ^ Larsson, H. C. E., and Gado, B., 2000, A new early Cretaceous crocodyliform from Niger: Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, v. 217, n. 1, p. 131-141.
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