Elosuchus broinae Meunier and Larsson 2016 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata

Full reference: L. M. V. Meunier and H. C. E. Larsson. 2016. Revision and phylogenetic affinities of Elosuchus (Crocodyliformes). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 179(1):169-200

Belongs to Elosuchus according to L. M. V. Meunier and H. C. E. Larsson 2016

Sister taxon: Elosuchus cherifiensis

Type specimen: SAM 129, a skull. Its type locality is La Gara Samani, which is in an Albian/Cenomanian coarse channel fill sandstone in the Gara Samani Formation of Algeria.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at La Gara Samani

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