Clade Osteolaemini Cossette et al. 2020 (crocodile)

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

Parent taxon: Osteolaeminae according to A. P. Cossette et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Euthecodontini, Voay

Subtaxa: Osteolaemus Rimasuchus

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Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Uganda (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Chad (1), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Senegal (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Chad (1), Kenya (1), Uganda (2)

• Miocene of Egypt (1), Libya (1), Tunisia (2), Uganda (1)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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