Globidentosuchus

Globidentosuchus
Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: Crocodylomorpha
Order: Crocodilia
Family: Alligatoridae
Subfamily: Caimaninae
Genus: Globidentosuchus
Scheyer et al., 2013
Type species
Globidentosuchus brachyrostris
Scheyer et al., 2013

Globidentosuchus is an extinct genus of basal caimanine crocodylian known from the late Miocene of the Middle and the Upper Members of the Urumaco Formation of Venezuela. It contains a single species, Globidentosuchus brachyrostris.[1]

References

  1. Scheyer, T. M.; Aguilera, O. A.; Delfino, M.; Fortier, D. C.; Carlini, A. A.; Sánchez, R.; Carrillo-Briceño, J. D.; Quiroz, L.; Sánchez-Villagra, M. R. (2013). "Crocodylian diversity peak and extinction in the late Cenozoic of the northern Neotropics". Nature Communications 4: 1907. doi:10.1038/ncomms2940. PMID 23695701.
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