Antarctosuchus
Name:
Antarctosuchus
(Antarctic crocodile).
Phonetic: An-tark-to-soo-kus.
Named By: Christian A. Sidor, J. Sébastien
Steyer & William R. Hammer - 2014.
Classification: Chordata, Amphibia,
Temnospondyli, Stereospondyli, Capitosauria, Mastodonsauroidea.
Species: A. polyodon (type).
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Antarctica - Fremouw Formation.
Time period: Olenekian of the Triassic.
Fossil representation: Skull.
Antarctosuchus is noted for having relatively small teeth, which may indicate a specialisation towards hunting smaller animals. The strongly developed sensory canals in the skull also suggest that Antarctosuchus was hunted primarily in the water.
Further reading
- A new capitosauroid temnospondyl from the Middle Triassic upper
Fremouw Formation of Antarctica. - Journal of Vertebrate
Paleontology 34 (3): 539. - Christian A. Sidor, J.
Sébastien Steyer & William R. Hammer - 2014.
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