Wahasuchus is an extinct genus of engimatic mesoeucrocodylian, likely a neosuchian, of the Middle Campanian age found in the Quseir Formation, Egypt. First described in 2018, Wahasuchus is known mostly from fragmentary remains representing multiple individuals. Given its incomplete nature, it is not entirely clear what its closest relatives are, though features of the skull including its generally flattened morphology akin to that of modern crocodiles suggests it was part of the clade Neosuchia. However it bears no close resemblance to any of the early Cretaceous forms known from northern Afri
Wahasuchus is an extinct genus of engimatic mesoeucrocodylian, likely a neosuchian, of the Middle Campanian age found in the Quseir Formation, Egypt. First described in 2018, Wahasuchus is known mostly from fragmentary remains representing multiple individuals. Given its incomplete nature, it is not entirely clear what its closest relatives are, though features of the skull including its generally flattened morphology akin to that of modern crocodiles suggests it was part of the clade Neosuchia. However it bears no close resemblance to any of the early Cretaceous forms known from northern Africa nor the contemporary taxa of Europe, suggesting that it might have been part of a unique radiation endemic to Africa. The genus currently only contains a single species, Wahasuchus egyptensis.
==History and naming== Fossils of Wahasuchus have been recovered from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) El Hindaw Member of the Quseir Formation in Egypt, with the discovery having been made in 2010 by members of Mansoura University. All material assigned to this taxon have been collected form an outcrop near Mut in Dakhla Oasis in Egypts Western Desert. In addition to the various skull remains that form the holotype, several additional fossils were referred to Wahasuchus from a nearby bonebed. The material was described by Sara Saber and colleagues in 2018 and is held in the collection of the Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center.
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