Khoratosuchus

Name: Khoratosuchus.
Phonetic: Kho-rah-to-su-kus.
Named By: K.‭ ‬Lauprasert,‭ ‬G.‭ ‬Cuny,‭ ‬K.‭ ‬Thirakhupt‭ & ‬V.‭ ‬Suteethorn‭ ‬-‭ ‬2009.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Crocodylomorpha,‭ ‬Neosuchia.
Species: K.‭ ‬jintasakuli‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Thailand‭ ‬-‭ ‬Sao Khua Formation.
Time period: Barremian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Skull.

       Khoratosuchus is a genus of crocodile that lived in Thailand during the Cretaceous.

Further reading
-‭ ‬Khoratosuchus jintasakuli gen.‭ ‬et sp.‭ ‬nov.,‭ ‬an advanced neosuchian crocodyliform from the Early Cretaceous‭ (‬Aptian-Albian‭) ‬of NE Thailand.‭ ‬Late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Ecosystems in SE Asia.‭ ‬-‭ ‬The Geological Society of London,‭ ‬Special Publication‭ ‬315:175-187.‭ ‬-‭ ‬K.‭ ‬Lauprasert,‭ ‬G.‭ ‬Cuny,‭ ‬K.‭ ‬Thirakhupt‭ & ‬V.‭ ‬Suteethorn‭ ‬-‭ ‬2009.



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