Lohuecosuchus
Sign in to saveLohuecosuchus (meaning "Lo Hueco crocodile") is an extinct genus of allodaposuchid eusuchian crocodylomorph that lived during the Late Cretaceous (late Campanian to early Maastrichtian) in what is now Spain and southern France.
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- Parent taxon
- Allodaposuchidae
- Image
- Lohuecosuchus megadontos - Holotype HUE-04498 - lateral view.jpg
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- start time
- 71000000-0
- end time
- 68000000-0
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- Lohuecosuchus
- taxon name
- Lohuecosuchus
- taxon rank
- genus
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Lohuecosuchus (meaning "Lo Hueco crocodile") is an extinct genus of allodaposuchid eusuchian crocodylomorph that lived during the Late Cretaceous (late Campanian to early Maastrichtian) in what is now Spain and southern France.
==Description== The anatomy of the endocranium (braincase) of L. megadontos was found to be similar to crown-crocodylians, revealing that the acute sense of olfaction and low frequency hearing found in living crocodylians likely originated along the stem-line.
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