Aldabrachampsus dilophus Brochu 2006 (crocodile)

Reptilia - Crocodylia - Crocodylidae

Full reference: C. A. Brochu. 2006. A New Miniature Horned Crocodile from the Quaternary of Aldabra Atoll, Western Indian Ocean. Copeia 2006(2):149-158

Belongs to Aldabrachampsus according to C. A. Brochu 2006

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NHMUK R8795, a partial skeleton (Partial skull, several vertebrae and left femur). Its type locality is Point Hodoul, Aldabra Atoll, which is in a Pleistocene fissure fill limestone in the Aldabra Limestone Formation of the Seychelles.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Point Hodoul, Aldabra Atoll

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