Anatosuchus minor Sereno et al. 2003 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata - Uruguaysuchidae

Full reference: P. C. Sereno, C. A. Sidor, H. C. E. Larsson and B. Gado. 2003. A new notosuchian from the Early Cretaceous of Niger. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(2):477-482

Belongs to Anatosuchus according to A. H. Turner and J. J. W. Sertich 2010

See also Bronzati et al. 2012, Sereno and Larsson 2009 and Sereno et al. 2003

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MNN GDF 603, a skull (nearly complete skull with articulated lower jaws). Its type locality is Gadoufaoua, which is in an Aptian/Albian fluvial sandstone in the Elrhaz Formation of Niger.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Niger (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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