Sokotosuchus

Extinct genus of reptiles

Sokotosuchus
Temporal range: Maastrichtian
~70–66 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: Crocodyliformes
Family: Dyrosauridae
Genus: Sokotosuchus
Halstead 1975
Type species
Sokotosuchus ianwilsoni
Halstead 1975

Sokotosuchus is an extinct genus of dyrosaurid crocodyliform which existed during the Maastrichtian in western Africa.[1] Fossils of the genus were found in the Dukamaje Formation of Nigeria,[2] and some cranial material has possibly been found in Mali.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Hastings et al., 201q
  2. ^ Sokotosuchus at Fossilworks.org
  3. ^ Hill, V; McCartney, A; Roberts, R; Bouare, B; Sissoko, S; O'Leary, A (2014). "Dyrosaurid (Crocodyliformes: Mesoeucrocodylia) fossils from the Upper Cretaceous and Paleogene of Mali: implications for phylogeny and survivorship across the K/T boundary (project)". MorphoBank datasets. doi:10.7934/p84. Retrieved 2022-05-07.

Bibliography

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Hastings, Alexander K.; Jonathan I. Bloch, and Carlos A. Jaramillo. 2011. A new longirostrine Dyrosaurid (Crocodylomorpha, Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Paleocene of north-eastern Colombia: Biogeographocal and behavioural implications for New-World Dyrosayridae. Palaeontology 54. 1095–1116. Accessed 2017-06-14.

Further reading

  • L. B. Halstead. 1975. Sokotosuchus ianwilsoni n. g., g. sp., a new teleosaur crocodile from the Upper Cretaceous of Nigeria. Journal of Mining and Geology 11(1-2):101-103
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