Brachiosuchus kababishensis Salih et al. 2021 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata - Dyrosauridae

Full reference: K. O. Salih, D. C. Evans, R. Bussert, N. Klein, and J. Müeller. 2021. Brachiosuchus kababishensis, a new long-snouted dyrosaurid (Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Late Cretaceous of north central Sudan. Historical Biology

Belongs to Brachiosuchus according to K. O. Salih et al. 2021

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MfN SUD001-012, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Jebel Abyad Plateau, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian lagoonal claystone in the Kababish Formation of Sudan.

Ecology: planktonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Jebel Abyad Plateau

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