Musturzabalsuchus
Sign in to saveMusturzabalsuchus is an extinct monospecific genus of allodaposuchid eusuchian crocodyliform. The type and only species is Musturzabalsuchus buffetauti.
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It is catalogued under topics including Allodaposuchidae, Late Cretaceous crocodylomorphs of Europe and Late Cretaceous reptiles of Europe.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Allodaposuchidae
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Musturzabalsuchus is an extinct monospecific genus of allodaposuchid eusuchian crocodyliform. The type and only species is Musturzabalsuchus buffetauti.
==Etymology== The generic name means "broadened rostrum crocodile", with "Musturzabal" meaning "broadened rostrum" in Basque and "suchus" meaning "crocodile" in Greek. The type and only species is M. buffetauti, named after the French paleoherpetologist Eric Buffetaut.
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