Massaliasuchus
| Massaliasuchus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 83.5Ma | |
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| Illustration of the fossilized remains from the Fuvelian Lignites of France, 1869 | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Clade: | Eusuchia |
| Order: | Crocodilia |
| Genus: | †Massaliasuchus Martin & Buffetaut, 2008 |
| Species: | † M. affuvelensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Massaliasuchus affuvelensis (Matheron, 1898) | |
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Massaliasuchus is an extinct genus of crocodylian that is known from fossils found in Santonian-Campanian-age Upper Cretaceous rocks of southeastern France. Fossils belonging to this genus were published in 1869 by Matheron as Crocodilus affuvelensis. The new genus name was given to it in 2008 by Jeremy Martin and Eric Buffetaut. Massaliasuchus appears to have been related to early alligatoroids. It is known from remains including skull bones. Its name means "Marseille crocodile". [1]
References
- ↑ Martin, Jeremy E.; Buffetaut, Eric (2008). "Crocodilus affuvelensis Matheron, 1869 from the Late Cretaceous of southern France: a reassessment". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 152 (3): 567–580. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00358.x.