Adamantinasuchus
Sign in to saveAdamantinasuchus is an extinct genus of notosuchian crocodylomorph from and named after the Late Cretaceous Adamantina Formation of Brazil. It is known from only one fossil, holotype UFRJ-DG 107-R, collected by William Nava (hence the specific name navae). The fossil consists of a partial skull, fragmentary limb bones and a few broken vertebrae, and was found southwest of the town of Marilia, near a reservoir dam. Adamantinasuchus was approximately long from nose to tail, and would have only weighed a few kilograms.
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- Adamantinasuchus navae
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- A. navae
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Features
- Skull
- Premaxilla and maxilla
- Nasal, prefrontal, frontal and lacrimal
- Postorbital, jugal and quadratojugal
- Lower jaw
- Teeth
- Forelimbs
- Hindlimbs
- Diet
- Phylogeny
- References
Adamantinasuchus is an extinct genus of notosuchian crocodylomorph from and named after the Late Cretaceous Adamantina Formation of Brazil. It is known from only one fossil, holotype UFRJ-DG 107-R, collected by William Nava (hence the specific name navae). The fossil consists of a partial skull, fragmentary limb bones and a few broken vertebrae, and was found southwest of the town of Marilia, near a reservoir dam. Adamantinasuchus was approximately long from nose to tail, and would have only weighed a few kilograms.
== Features ==
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