Eremosuchus is an extinct genus of sebecosuchian notosuchian from the Early Eocene El Kohol Formation of Algeria. It was first described on the basis of isolated cranial and postcranial material in 1989, although much of the original collection has since been lost. Like other sebecids it had serrated, blade-like teeth, a condition referred to as ziphodonty. Phylogenetic analysis conducted using Eremosuchus material yield inconclusive results, but overall support a close relationship with the terrestrial members of Sebecidae best known from the Cenozoic of South America, although also well esta
Eremosuchus is an extinct genus of sebecosuchian notosuchian from the Early Eocene El Kohol Formation of Algeria. It was first described on the basis of isolated cranial and postcranial material in 1989, although much of the original collection has since been lost. Like other sebecids it had serrated, blade-like teeth, a condition referred to as ziphodonty. Phylogenetic analysis conducted using Eremosuchus material yield inconclusive results, but overall support a close relationship with the terrestrial members of Sebecidae best known from the Cenozoic of South America, although also well established in Paleogene Europe. It is possible that the lineage leading to Eremosuchus split off as sebecids dispersed between South America and Europe or that its ancestors arrived in North Africa from Europe after crossing the Tethys sea. It is currently the only named sebecid from Africa.
==History and naming== The first fossil remains of Eremosuchus were discovered by the combined efforts of the Université d'Oran, Sorbonne Universités and Université de Montpellier in 1982 at the El Kohol site in northern Algeria, specifically in the strata of the El Kohol Formation. The 1982 expedition to El Kohol yielded a variety of fossil remains including an isolated dentary bone as well as further mandible remains, some vertebrae, a fibula and even several teeth and osteoderms. After having initially been reported on that same year by Eric Buffetaut, the material was given a more thorough description in 1989, with the dentary (UO-KB-301) serving as the holotype of the new genus Eremosuchus. Much of the other material found at El Kohol was referred to Eremosuchus in the same study, barring the osteoderms, which were not explicitly assigned to the genus.
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