Miadanasuchus oblita Buffetaut and Taquet 1979 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata - Peirosauridae

Alternative combination: Trematochampsa oblita

Full reference: E. Buffetaut and P. Taquet. 1979. Un nouveau Crocodilien mésosuchien dans le Campanien de Madagascar: Trematochampsa oblita, n. sp. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 2:183-188

Belongs to Miadanasuchus according to C. S. C. Nicholl et al. 2021

See also Bronzati et al. 2012, Buffetaut and Taquet 1979 and Rasmusson Simons and Buckley 2009

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MNHN MAJ 3, a mandible. Its type locality is Mahajanga Basin, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Maevarano Formation of Madagascar.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Madagascar (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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