Reptilia - Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Full reference: A. P. Cossette, A. J. Adams, S. K. Drumheller, J. H. Nestler, B. R. Benefit, M. L. McCrossin, F. K. Manthi, R. Nyaboke Juma, and C. A. Brochu. 2020. A new crocodylid from the middle Miocene of Kenya and the timing of crocodylian faunal change in the late Cenozoic of Africa. Journal of Paleontology 94(6):1165-1179
Belongs to Brochuchus according to A. P. Cossette et al. 2020
Sister taxon: Brochuchus pigotti
Type specimen: KNM-MB 36682, a partial skull. Its type locality is Maboko Main Locality, Maboko Island (Bed 3), which is in a Langhian wet floodplain claystone in the Maboko Formation of Kenya.
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution: found only at Maboko Main Locality, Maboko Island (Bed 3)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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