Mahajangasuchus
Sign in to saveMahajangasuchus is an extinct genus of crocodyliform which had blunt, laterally compressed and serrated teeth. The type species, M. insignis, lived during the Late Cretaceous; its fossils have been found in the Maevarano Formation in northern Madagascar. It was a fairly large predator, measuring up to long.
Wikidata facts
- Parent taxon
- Mahajangasuchidae
- Image
- Mahajangasuchus BW.jpg
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- taxon name
- Mahajangasuchus
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Mahajangasuchus
- start time
- 70000000-0
- end time
- 66000000-0
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Discovery and naming
- Description
- Skull
- Postcranial skeleton
- Phylogeny
- Paleobiology
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Mahajangasuchus is an extinct genus of crocodyliform which had blunt, laterally compressed and serrated teeth. The type species, M. insignis, lived during the Late Cretaceous; its fossils have been found in the Maevarano Formation in northern Madagascar. It was a fairly large predator, measuring up to long.
==Discovery and naming== left|thumb|Diagram and size comparison of notable specimens of Mahajangasuchus
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