Charactosuchus kugleri von Berg 1969 (crocodile)

Reptilia - Crocodylia - Crocodylidae

Full reference: D. E. von Berg. 1969. Charactosuchus kugleri, eine neue Krokodilart aus dem Eozän von Jamaica. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 62(2):731-735

Belongs to Charactosuchus according to D. E. von Berg 1969

See also Domning and Clark 1993

Sister taxa: Charactosuchus fieldsi, Charactosuchus sansoai

Type specimen: Museum Basel Osteologische Abt. Nr. A. a. 105, a mandible. Its type locality is 300 m ENE from Dump, which is in a Lutetian marine limestone in the Chapelton Formation of Jamaica.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Jamaica (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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