Also known as Kem Kem
Where: DrĂ¢a-Tafilalet, Morocco (31.8° N, 4.5° W: paleocoordinates 18.8° N, 4.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Kem Kem Group, Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
• "unknown locality"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the ROM
• Specimen was collected by commercial collectors and obtained by curators from the Royal Ontario Museum
Primary reference: C. M. Holliday and N. M. Gardner. 2012. A new eusuchian crocodyliform with novel cranial integument and its significance for the origin and evolution of Crocodylia. PLoS One 7(1):e30471:1-13 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 123903: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 01.02.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Aegisuchus witmeri n. gen. n. sp.
Aegisuchus witmeri n. gen. n. sp. Holliday and Gardner 2012 crocodilian ROM 54530 - holotype (partial braincase of a large individual with skull roof, temporal, and occipital regions)
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