Oceanosuchus Hua et al. 2007 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata - Pholidosauridae

Full reference: S. Hua, E. Buffetaut, C. Legall and P. Rogron. 2007. Oceanosuchus boecensis n. gen, n. sp., a marine pholidosaurid (Crocodylia, Mesosuchia) from the Lower Cenomanian of Normandy (western France). Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France 178(6):503-513

Parent taxon: Pholidosauridae according to S. Jouve and N.-E. Jalil 2020

See also Bronzati et al. 2012, Fortier et al. 2011 and Hua et al. 2007

Sister taxa: Anglosuchus, Chalawan, Dakotasuchus, Meridiosaurus, Petrosuchus, Pholidosaurus, Sabinosuchus, Sarcosuchus, Terminonaris, Woodbinesuchus, Rhabdosaurus

Subtaxa: Oceanosuchus boecensis

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Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at La Boëce (Cretaceous of France)

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