Miadanasuchus
Extinct genus of reptiles
Miadanasuchus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, Campanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Sauropsida |
Subclass: | Diapsida |
Infraclass: | Archosauromorpha |
(unranked): | Crurotarsi |
Superorder: | Crocodylomorpha |
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Genus: | Miadanasuchus Simons & Buckley, 2009 |
Species | |
M. oblita Buffetaut & Taquet, 1979(originally Trematochampsa oblita) (type) |
Miadanasuchus is an extinct genus of peirosaurid which existed in the Maevarano Formation of Madagascar during the late Cretaceous period (Campanian age).[1] It was first named by Erin L. Rasmusson Simons and Gregory A. Buckley in 2009 and the type species is Trematochampsa oblita.[1] Its teeth were irregularly spaced and variable in height.
References
- ^ a b Erin L. Rasmusson Simons and Gregory A. Buckley (2009). "New Material of "Trematochampsa" Oblita (Crocodyliformes,Trematochampsidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 29 (2): 599–604. doi:10.1671/039.029.0224. S2CID 140171041.
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