Miadanasuchus
Miadanasuchus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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Genus: | Miadanasuchus Simons & Buckley, 2009
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M. oblita Buffetaut & Taquet, 1979(originally Trematochampsa oblita) (type) |
Miadanasuchus is an extinct genus of peirosaurid which existed in the Maevarano Formation of Madagascar during the late Cretaceous period (Campanian age).[1] It was first named by Erin L. Rasmusson Simons and Gregory A. Buckley in 2009 and the type species is Miadanasuchus oblita.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b Erin L. Rasmusson Simons and Gregory A. Buckley (2009). "New Material of "Trematochampsa" Oblita (Crocodyliformes,Trematochampsidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 29 (2): 599–604. doi:10.1671/039.029.0224. S2CID 140171041.
Categories:
- Prehistoric pseudosuchian genera
- Late Cretaceous crocodylomorphs
- Maevarano fauna
- Crocodylomorphs of Madagascar
- Fossil taxa described in 2009
- Maastrichtian life
- Prehistoric archosaur stubs