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Shamosuchus is an extinct genus of neosuchian crocodyliform that lived during the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) period in what is now the Djadochta Formation of Mongolia, approximately 75 million to 71 million years ago.

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Shamosuchus is an extinct genus of neosuchian crocodyliform that lived during the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) period in what is now the Djadochta Formation of Mongolia, approximately 75 million to 71 million years ago.

== Description == thumb|left|Skull and diagram of referred specimen Shamosuchus reached up to long and had a rostrum of moderate length. In S. djadochtaensis, a perinarial fossa extended along the ventrolateral region of the narial opening. Where the premaxilla and maxilla articulate, the alveolar margin is continuous and is characterised by the absence of a notch for receiving the opposing mandibular tooth.

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