Globidentosuchus
Globidentosuchus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
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 Middle to Late Miocene of the Middle and the Upper Members of the Urumaco Formation at Urumaco, Venezuela.[1] It contains a single species, Globidentosuchus brachyrostris.[2]
References
- ↑ Globidentosuchus at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ 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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