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
Belongs to Mahajangasuchus according to J. J. W. Sertich and P. M. O'Connor 2014
See also Bronzati et al. 2012, Buckley and Brochu 1999, Nascimento and Zaher 2010, Sereno and Larsson 2009 and Turner and Sertich 2010
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: University of Antananarivo 8654, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is MAD93-35 (SUNY), which is in a Maastrichtian channel sandstone in the Maevarano Formation of Madagascar.
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Madagascar (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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