Biology:Fortignathus
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Short description: Extinct genus of crocodylomorph
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Scientific classification 
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| Missing taxonomy template (fix): | Archosauria/Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
| Suborder: | †Notosuchia |
| Clade: | †Sebecosuchia |
| Clade: | †Sebecia |
| Family: | †Peirosauridae |
| Genus: | †Fortignathus Young et al., 2016 |
| Species: | †F. felixi
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| †Fortignathus felixi (de Lapparent de Broin, 2002)
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Fortignathus is an extinct genus of dyrosaurid[1] or peirosaurid[2] crocodylomorph known from the Late Cretaceous Echkar Formation in Niger. It contains a single species, Fortignathus felixi, which was originally named as a species of Elosuchus in 2002.[1][3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Young, Mark T.; Hastings, Alexander K.; Allain, Ronan; Smith, Thomas J. (July 2016). "Revision of the enigmatic crocodyliform Elosuchus felixi de Lapparent de Broin, 2002 from the Lower-Upper Cretaceous boundary of Niger: potential evidence for an early origin of the clade Dyrosauridae". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. doi:10.1111/zoj.12452. ISSN 0024-4082. https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12452.
- ↑ Jouve, Stéphane; de Muizon, Christian; Cespedes-Paz, Ricardo; Sossa-Soruco, Víctor; Knoll, Stephane (2020-10-19). "The longirostrine crocodyliforms from Bolivia and their evolution through the Cretaceous–Palaeogene boundary". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 192 (2): 475–509. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa081. ISSN 0024-4082. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa081.
- ↑ de Broin, F. de L., (2002), Elosuchus, a new genus of crocodile from the Lower Cretaceous of the North of Africa: C. R. Palevol, v. 1, p. 275-285.
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