Ogresuchus

Name: Ogresuchus ‭(‬Ogre crocodile‭)‬.
Phonetic: O-ger-su-kus.
Named By: Albert G.‭ ‬Sellés,‭ ‬Alejandro Blanco,‭ ‬Bernat Vila,‭ ‬Josep Marmi,‭ ‬Francisco J.‭ ‬López-Soriano,‭ ‬Sergio Llácer,‭ ‬Jaime Frigola,‭ ‬Miquel Canals‭ & ‬Ŕngel Galobart‭ ‬-‭ ‬2020.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Suchia,‭ ‬Crocodylomorpha,‭ ‬Crocodyliformes,‭ ‬Sebecosuchia,‭ ‬Sebecia,‭ ‬Sebecidae.
Species: O.‭ ‬furatus‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Holotype roughly estimated to be about‭ ‬90‭ ‬centimetres long.
Known locations: Spain‭ ‬-‭ ‬Tremp Formation.
Time period: Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial skull and post cranial remains.




       Ogresuchus is a genus of sebecosuchian crocodile and a very important one‭; ‬Ogresuchus is the first known of its kind discovered in a Mesozoic aged deposit,‭ ‬in this instance the very latest stage of the‭ ‬Cretaceous.‭ ‬This clearly indicates that the Sebecosuchians clearly had their origins in the Mesozoic,‭ ‬though not coming to prominence until later in the early stages of the Cenozoic.‭ ‬Ogresuchus is expected to have been a predator of small animals,‭ ‬perhaps even the infant juveniles of the late Cretaceous dinosaurs.

Further reading
-‭ ‬A small Cretaceous crocodyliform in a dinosaur nesting ground and the origin of sebecids.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Scientific Reports volume‭ ‬10,‭ ‬Article number:‭ ‬15293.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Albert G.‭ ‬Sellés,‭ ‬Alejandro Blanco,‭ ‬Bernat Vila,‭ ‬Josep Marmi,‭ ‬Francisco J.‭ ‬López-Soriano,‭ ‬Sergio Llácer,‭ ‬Jaime Frigola,‭ ‬Miquel Canals‭ & ‬Ŕngel Galobart‭ ‬-‭ ‬2020.



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