Portugalosuchus

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Portugalosuchus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous: Cenomanian, 99.7–94.3 Ma[1]
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Crocodilia
Genus: †Portugalosuchus
Mateus et al., 2018
Type species
†Portugalosuchus azenhae
Mateus et al., 2018

Portugalosuchus (meaning "crocodile from Portugal") is an extinct genus of eusuchian crocodyliform that was possibly a basal crocodylian – if so then it would be the oldest known crocodylian to date.[2] A 2021 morphological study recovered Portugalosuchus within Crocodylia as a member of Gavialidae closely related to similar "thoracosaurs" (e.g. Thoracosaurus), while also noting that is might also possibly be outside of Crocodylia completely.[1] The type species is P. azenhae, described in 2018,[2] and it is known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)-aged in Portugal.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Rio, Jonathan P.; Mannion, Philip D. (6 September 2021). "Phylogenetic analysis of a new morphological dataset elucidates the evolutionary history of Crocodylia and resolves the long-standing gharial problem". PeerJ. 9: e12094. doi:10.7717/peerj.12094. PMC 8428266. PMID 34567843.
  2. ^ a b Octávio Mateus; Eduardo Puértolas-Pascual; Pedro M. Callapez (2018). "A new eusuchian crocodylomorph from the Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) of Portugal reveals novel implications on the origin of Crocodylia". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 186 (2): 501–528. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zly064.
  3. ^ "Portugalosuchus". Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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