Mahajangasuchus Buckley and Brochu 1999 (Mahajanga crocodile)

Reptilia - Loricata - Mahajangasuchidae

Full reference: G. A. Buckley and C. A. Brochu. 1999. An enigmatic new crocodile from the Upper Cretaceous of Madagascar. Cretaceous Fossil Vertebrates. Special Papers in Palaeontology 60:149-175

Parent taxon: Mahajangasuchidae according to J. J. W. Sertich and P. M. O'Connor 2014

See also Bronzati et al. 2012, Buckley and Brochu 1999, Carvalho et al. 2004, Fiorelli and Calvo 2008, Larsson and Sues 2007, Pol et al. 2012, Pol et al. 2014, Sereno and Larsson 2009, Turner 2006 and Turner and Sertich 2010

Sister taxon: Kaprosuchus

Subtaxa: Mahajangasuchus insignis

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Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Madagascar (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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