Acynodon Buscalioni et al. 1997 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata - Hylaeochampsidae

Full reference: A. D. Buscalioni, F. L. Ortega, and D. Vasse. 1997. New crocodiles (Eusuchia: Alligatoroidea) from the Upper Cretaceous of southern Europe. Compte rendu hebdomadaire des seances de l’Academie des Sciences Paris, terre et des planetes 325:525-530

Parent taxon: Hylaeochampsidae according to M. Marco et al. 2023

See also Brochu et al. 2012, Buscalioni et al. 1997, Delfino et al. 2008, Jouve et al. 2019, Martin 2007, Martin et al. 2016, Narváez et al. 2015, Puértolas et al. 2011 and Puértolas-Pascual et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Hylaeochampsa, Iharkutosuchus, Pachycheilosuchus, Pietraroiasuchus, Turcosuchus, Unasuchus

Subtaxa: Acynodon adriaticus Acynodon iberoccitanus Acynodon lopezi

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Type: Acynodon iberoccitanus

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Slovenia (1 collection)

• Cretaceous of France (5), Italy (1), Romania (7), Spain (5)

Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence

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