Adamantinasuchus
Name:
Adamantinasuchus
(Adamantina crocodile, after the Adamantina Formation).
Phonetic: Ad-ah-man-te-nah-soo-kus.
Named By: Pedro Henrique Nobre & Ismar de
Souza Carvalho - 2006.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Crocodylomorpha, Notosuchia, Ziphosuchia.
Species: A. navae (type).
Diet: Uncertain.
Size: Skull 6 centimetres long. Body length About
50 to 60 centimetres long.
Known locations: Brazil - Adamantina Formation.
Time period: Turonian to Santonian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: About seven individuals
represented by partial cranial and post cranial remains.
Adamantinasuchus
was a fairly small notosuchian crocodylomorph
from the late Cretaceous
Adamantina Formation of Brazil, Many crurotarsans are known from the
Adamantina Formation, including Armadillosuchus,
Morrinhosuchus,
Baurusuchus and Mariliasuchus
to name just a few. Out of these,
Adamantinasuchus may have been most similar to
Mariliasuchus.
The
teeth of Adamantinasuchus suggest a possible
carnivorous lifestyle,
though they could have been used for a more specialised diet.
Adamantinasuchus
should not be confused with the similarly named sauropod dinosaur
Adamantisaurus.
Further reading
- Adamantinasuchus navae: A new Gondwanan
Crocodylomorpha
(Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil - Pedro
Henrique Nobre & Ismar de Souza Carvalho - 2006.
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