Sokotosuchus
| Sokotosuchus Temporal range: Maastrichtian
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Family: | †Dyrosauridae |
| Genus: | †Sokotosuchus Halstead 1975 |
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| †Sokotosuchus ianwilsoni Halstead 1975
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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]
References[]
- ^ Hastings et al., 201q
- ^ Sokotosuchus at Fossilworks.org
Bibliography[]
- ; , and . 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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- Dyrosaurids
- Prehistoric pseudosuchian genera
- Prehistoric marine crocodylomorphs
- Maastrichtian life
- Late Cretaceous reptiles of Africa
- Cretaceous Nigeria
- Fossils of Nigeria
- Fossil taxa described in 1975
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