Biology:Miadanasuchus

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Short description: Extinct genus of reptiles


Miadanasuchus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, Campanian
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Miadanasuchus

Simons & Buckley, 2009
Species

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 Trematochampsa oblita.[1] Its teeth were irregularly spaced and variable in height.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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. 

Wikidata ☰ Q6827189 entry