Reptilia - Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Full reference: C. A. Brochu, A. De Celis, A. J. Adams, S. K. Drumheller, J. H. Nestler, B. R. Benefit, A. Grossman, F. Kirera, T. Lehmann, C. Liutkus-Pierce, F. K. Manthi, M. L. McCrossin, K. P. McNulty and R. Nyaboke Juna. 2022. Giant dwarf crocodiles from the Miocene of Kenya and crocodylid faunal dynamics in the late Cenozoic of East Africa. The Anataomical Record 305(10):2729-2765
Belongs to Kinyang according to C. A. Brochu et al. 2022
Sister taxon: Kinyang tchernovi
Type specimen: KNM-MB 29176, a skull (skull and jaws). 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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