Biology:Massaliasuchus
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| Illustration of the fossilized remains from the Fuvelian Lignites of France, 1869 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Missing taxonomy template (fix): | Archosauria/Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
| Clade: | Eusuchia |
| Clade: | †Allodaposuchidae |
| Genus: | †Massaliasuchus Martin & Buffetaut, 2008 |
| Species: | †M. affuvelensis
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| †Massaliasuchus affuvelensis (Matheron, 1869)
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Massaliasuchus is an extinct monospecific genus of allodaposuchid eusuchian crocodyliform that is known from fossils found in Santonian–Campanian-age Upper Cretaceous rocks of southeastern France .[1]
Systematics
Massaliasuchus was first described in 1869 by Philippe Matheron as Crocodilus affuvelensis, based on remains including skull bones.[2] The new genus name was given to it in 2008 by Jeremy Martin and Eric Buffetaut. Massaliasuchus was considered to be related to early alligatoroids. Its name means "Marseille crocodile".[1]
Recent cladistic analysis places Massaliasuchus as a member of Allodaposuchidae, a clade of basal eusuchians from the Late Cretaceous of southern Europe.[3] The genus can be distinguished from Musturzabalsuchus in having 15 alveoli in the dentary.[4] However, Massaliasuchus is usually omitted from phylogenetic analyses since it is only represented by poorly-preserved material.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Martin, Jeremy E.; Buffetaut, Eric (2008). "Crocodilus affuvelensis Matheron, 1869 from the Late Cretaceous of southern France: a reassessment". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 152 (3): 567–580. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00358.x.
- ↑ P. Matheron. (1869). Notice sur les reptiles fossiles des dépôts fluvio-lacustres crétacés du bassin à lignite de Fuveau [Notice on the fossil reptiles from the Cretaceous fluvio-lacustrine deposits of the lignitic Fuveau Basin]. Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres, et Arts de Marseille 1868–1869:345-379
- ↑ Smith, Thierry; Narváez, Iván; Brochu, Christopher A.; Escaso, Fernando; Pérez-García, Adán; Ortega, Francisco (2015). "New crocodyliforms from Southwestern Europe and definition of a diverse clade of European Late Cretaceous basal eusuchians". PLOS ONE 10 (11): e0140679. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0140679. PMID 26535893. Bibcode: 2015PLoSO..1040679N.
- ↑ Narváez, I.; Brochu, C.A.; Escaso, F.; Pérez-García, A.; Ortega, F. (2016). "New Spanish Late Cretaceous eusuchian reveals the synchronic and sympatric presence of two allodaposuchids". Cretaceous Research 65: 112–125. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2016.04.018.
- ↑ Blanco, A. (2021). "Importance of the postcranial skeleton in eusuchian phylogeny: Reassessing the systematics of allodaposuchid crocodylians". PLOS ONE 16 (6): e0251900. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0251900. PMID 34106925. Bibcode: 2021PLoSO..1651900B.
Wikidata ☰ Q3282890 entry
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