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 J. J. W. Sertich and P. M. O'Connor 2014
See also Bronzati et al. 2012, Buffetaut 1994, Larsson and Sues 2007 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 the Tegana? Formation of Morocco.
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Morocco (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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