Hassiacosuchus
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| Hassiacosuchus Fossil range: Eocene |
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Hassiacosuchus is an extinct genus of small alligatorid from the early Eocene of Germany, found at the Messel pit. It was named in 1935 by K. Weitzel, and the type species is H. haupti.[1] A second species, H. kayi, was named in 1941 by C.C. Mook for material from the Bridgerian (early Eocene) of Wyoming,[2] but was reassigned to Procaimanoidea in 1967 by Wassersug and Hecht.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Weitzel, K. (1935). "Hassiacosuchus haupti n. g. n. sp., ein durophages Krokodil aus dem Mitteleozän von Messel" (in German). Notizblatt des Vereins für Erdkunde und der Hessischen Geologischen Landesanstalt Darmstadt 16: 40-49.
- ^ Mook, C.C. (1941). "A new crocodilian, Hassiacosuchus kayi, from the Bridger Eocene beds of Wyoming". Annals of the Carnegie Museum 28: 207-220.
- ^ Wassersug, R.J.; and Hecht, M.K. (1967). "The status of the crocodylid genera Procaimanoidea and Hassiacosuchus in the New World". Herpetologica 23 (1): 30-34.
