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'''''Sokotosuchus''''' is an [[extinct]] [[genus]] of [[Dyrosauridae|dyrosaurid]] [[crocodyliformes|crocodyliform]] which existed during the [[Maastrichtian]] in [[Africa]].<ref>Hastings et al., 201q</ref> Fossils of the genus were found in the [[Dukamaje Formation]] of Nigeria.<ref>[http://www.paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=basicTaxonInfo&taxon_no=38372 ''Sokotosuchus''] at [[Fossilworks]].org</ref> |
'''''Sokotosuchus''''' is an [[extinct]] [[genus]] of [[Dyrosauridae|dyrosaurid]] [[crocodyliformes|crocodyliform]] which existed during the [[Maastrichtian]] in western [[Africa]].<ref>Hastings et al., 201q</ref> Fossils of the genus were found in the [[Dukamaje Formation]] of [[Nigeria]].<ref>[http://www.paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=basicTaxonInfo&taxon_no=38372 ''Sokotosuchus''] at [[Fossilworks]].org</ref> |
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Revision as of 15:08, 27 August 2021
| Sokotosuchus Temporal range: Maastrichtian
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauria |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
| Family: | †Dyrosauridae |
| Genus: | †Sokotosuchus Halstead 1975 |
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| †Sokotosuchus ianwilsoni Halstead 1975
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Sokotosuchus is an extinct genus of dyrosaurid crocodyliform which existed during the Maastrichtian in western Africa.[1] Fossils of the genus were found in the Dukamaje Formation of Nigeria.[2]
References
- ^ Hastings et al., 201q
- ^ Sokotosuchus at Fossilworks.org
Bibliography
Further reading
- L. B. Halstead. 1975. Sokotosuchus ianwilsoni n. g., g. sp., a new teleosaur crocodile from the Upper Cretaceous of Nigeria. Journal of Mining and Geology 11(1-2):101-103
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