Araripesuchus wegeneri Buffetaut 1981 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata

Full reference: E. Buffetaut. 1981. Die biogeographische Geschichte der Krokodilier, mit Beschreibung einer neuen Art, Araripesuchus wegeneri [The biogeographic history of the crocodilians, with decrtiption of a new species, Araripesuchus wegeneri]. Geologische Rundschau 70(2):611-624

Belongs to Araripesuchus according to J. J. W. Sertich and P. M. O'Connor 2014

See also Bronzati et al. 2012, Nascimento and Zaher 2011, Ortega et al. 2000, Pol et al. 2014, Sereno and Larsson 2009, Turner 2006 and Turner and Sertich 2010

Sister taxa: Araripesuchus buitreraensis, Araripesuchus gomesii, Araripesuchus patagonicus, Araripesuchus rattoides, Araripesuchus tsangatsangana

Type specimen: MNHN GDF700, a partial skeleton (snout with articulated upper and lower jaws preserved to mid-orbit on right side). Its type locality is Camp des deux arbres, Gadoufaoua, which is in an Albian terrestrial horizon in the Elrhaz Formation of Niger.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Niger (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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