Biology:Vectisuchus
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Short description: Extinct genus of reptiles
| Vectisuchus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
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Scientific classification 
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| Missing taxonomy template (fix): | Archosauria/Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
| Family: | †Pholidosauridae |
| Genus: | †Vectisuchus Buffetaut & Hutt, 1980 |
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Vectisuchus is a genus of goniopholidid mesoeucrocodylian, known from the Early Cretaceous-age Wealden Group of the Isle of Wight, England . It was a small, piscivorous crocodylomorph with a narrow, elongate snout, and relatively long forearms. The type specimen, SMNS 50984, was found in 1977. When discovered, it was complete and right-side-up, but the posterior portion was lost during excavation. Vectisuchus was described in 1980. The type species is V. leptognathus.[1]
References
- ↑ Buffetaut, E.; Hutt, S. (1980). "Vectisuchus leptognathus, n.g. n. sp., a slender-snouted goniopholid crocodilian from the Wealden of the Isle of Wight". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte 1980 (7): 385–390. doi:10.1127/njgpm/1980/1980/385.
External links
- Vectisuchus in the Paleobiology Database
- Vectisuchus at DinoWight
Wikidata ☰ Q16993383 entry
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