Miadanasuchus
Name:
Miadanasuchus.
Phonetic: My-ah-dah-nah-soo-kus.
Named By: Erin L. Rasmusson Simons &
Gregory A. Buckley - 2009.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Archosauromorpha, Crurotarsi, Crocodylomorpha,
Mesoeucrocodylia, Trematochampsidae.
Species: M. oblita (type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unknown.
Known locations: Madagascar - Maevarano
Formation.
Time period: Campanian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial skull material and
teeth.
Miadanasuchus was originally described as a species of Trematochampsa back in 1979, but re-identified as its own genus in 2009. Miadanasuchus may have been one of the key predators of the Maevarano Formation. Other predatory crocodiles from the same formation include Mahajangasuchus and Araripesuchus.
Further reading
- New Material of "Trematochampsa" Oblita
(Crocodyliformes,Trematochampsidae) from the Late Cretaceous of
Madagascar. - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29 (2):
599–604. - Erin L. Rasmusson Simons & Gregory A.
Buckley - 2009.
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