Agaresuchus

Name: Agaresuchus.
Phonetic: Ah-gah-re-soo-kus.
Named By: I.‭ ‬Narváez,‭ ‬C.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Brochu,‭ ‬F.‭ ‬Escaso,‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Perez-García‭ & ‬F.‭ ‬Ortega‭ ‬-‭ ‬2016.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ Crocodylia.
Species: A.‭ ‬fontisensis‭ (‬type‭)‬,‭ ‬A.‭ ‬subjuniperus.
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore.
Size: Skull roughly about 36 centimetres long. Total body length over 2 metres.
Known locations: Spain‭ ‬-‭ ‬Conquès Formation.
Time period: Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Skulls and jaws.

       Described in‭ ‬2016‭ ‬on the basis of two skulls and jaws,‭ ‬Agaresuchus fontisensis was a crocodile that lived‭ ‬in Spain during the late Cretaceous.‭ ‬Additionally a second species originally named as a species of Allodaposuchus,‭ ‬A.‭ ‬subjuniperus was also re-described as belonging to the genus in‭ ‬2016.

Further reading
-‭ ‬The eusuchian crocodylomorph Allodaposuchus subjuniperus sp.‭ ‬nov.,‭ ‬a new species from the latest Cretaceous‭ (‬upper Maastrichtian‭) ‬of Spain.‭ ‬Historical Biology‭ ‬26‭(‬1‭)‬:91-109.‭ ‬-‭ ‬E.‭ ‬Puértolas-Pascual,‭ ‬J.‭ ‬I.‭ ‬Canudo‭ & ‬M.‭ ‬Moreno-Azanza‭ ‬-‭ ‬2013.
-‭ ‬New Spanish Late Cretaceous eusuchian reveals the synchronic and sympatric presence of two allodaposuchids.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Cretaceous Research‭ ‬65:112-125.‭ ‬-‭ ‬I.‭ ‬Narváez,‭ ‬C.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Brochu,‭ ‬F.‭ ‬Escaso,‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Perez-García‭ & ‬F.‭ ‬Ortega‭ ‬-‭ ‬2016.

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