Globidentosuchus
| Globidentosuchus Temporal range: Miocene | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Order: | Crocodilia |
| Family: | Alligatoridae |
| Subfamily: | Caimaninae |
| Genus: | †Globidentosuchus Scheyer et al., 2013 |
| Type species | |
| †Globidentosuchus brachyrostris Scheyer et al., 2013 | |
Globidentosuchus is an extinct genus of basal caimanine crocodylian known from the late Miocene of the Middle and the Upper Members of the Urumaco Formation of Venezuela. It contains a single species, Globidentosuchus brachyrostris.[1]
References
- ↑ Scheyer, T. M.; Aguilera, O. A.; Delfino, M.; Fortier, D. C.; Carlini, A. A.; Sánchez, R.; Carrillo-Briceño, J. D.; Quiroz, L.; Sánchez-Villagra, M. R. (2013). "Crocodylian diversity peak and extinction in the late Cenozoic of the northern Neotropics". Nature Communications 4: 1907. doi:10.1038/ncomms2940. PMID 23695701.
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