Mecistops nkondoensis Pickford 1994 (crocodile)

Reptilia - Crocodylia - Crocodylidae

Alternative combination: Crocodylus nkondoensis

Full reference: M. Pickford. 1994. Late Cenozoic crocodiles (Reptilia: Crocodylidae) from the Western Rift, Uganda. Geology and Palaeobiology of the Albertine Rift Valley, Uganda−Zaire, Vol. II: Palaeobiology 137-155

Belongs to Mecistops according to C. A. Brochu 2020

See also Pickford 1994

Sister taxa: Mecistops cataphractus, Mecistops leptorhynchus

Type specimen: NK 1151'89, a mandible (Left mandible). Its type locality is NK44 - Nkondo or Warwire fm., which is in a Miocene/Pliocene lacustrine horizon in the Nkondo/Warwire Formation of Uganda.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Uganda (1 collection)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Uganda (5)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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