Antaeusuchus Nicholl et al. 2021 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata - Itasuchidae

Full reference: C. S. C. Nicholl, E. S. E. Hunt, D. Ouarhache and P. D. Mannion. 2021. A second peirosaurid crocodyliform from the Mid-Cretaceous Kem Kem Group of Morocco and the diversity of Gondwanan notosuchians outside South America. Royal Society Open Science 8:211254:1-31

Parent taxon: Itasuchidae according to A. E. P. Pinheiro et al. 2023

See also Nicholl et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Barreirosuchus, Itasuchus, Roxochampsa

Subtaxa: Antaeusuchus taouzensis

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Type: Antaeusuchus taouzensis

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Jebel Beg’aa, Taouz (general area) (Cretaceous of Morocco)

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