†Rimasuchus Storrs 2003 (crocodile)
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Reptilia - Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Full reference: G. W. Storrs. 2003. Late Miocene–Early Pliocene crocodilian fauna of Lothagam, southwest Turkana Basin, Kenya. Lothagam: The Dawn of Humanity in Eastern Africa 137-159
Parent taxon: Osteolaemini according to C. A. Brochu et al. 2022
See also Brochu 2007 and Hekkala et al. 2021
Sister taxon: Osteolaemus
Subtaxa: Rimasuchus lloydi
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Uganda (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Chad (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Chad (1)
• Miocene of Egypt (1), Libya (1), Tunisia (2)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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