Aegisuchus witmeri type (PROXY) (Cretaceous of Morocco)

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

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Loricata - Aegyptosuchidae
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)