Reptilia - Loricata - Peirosauridae
Full reference: E. Buffetaut. 1994. A new crocodilian from the Cretaceous of southern Morocco. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences. Serie II 319(12):1563-1568
Belongs to Hamadasuchus according to Y. Pochat-Cottilloux et al. 2023
See also Bronzati et al. 2012, Buffetaut 1994, Larsson and Sues 2007, Sertich and O'Connor 2014 and Turner and Sertich 2010
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MDE C001, a mandible (incomplete left dentary with teeth). Its type locality is Hamada du Guir, which is in an Albian/Cenomanian terrestrial siliciclastic in Morocco.
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Algeria (1 collection), Morocco (3)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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