Rukwasuchus

Name: Rukwasuchus ‭(‬Rukwa crocodile‭)‬.
Phonetic: Ruk-wah-soo-kus.
Named By: Jospeh J.‭ ‬W.‭ ‬Sertich‭ & ‬Patrick M.‭ ‬O'Connor‭ ‬-‭ ‬2014.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Crocodylomorpha,‭ ‬Peirosauridae.
Species: R.‭ ‬yajabalijekundu‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Uncertain due tolack of remains.
Known locations: Tanzania‭ ‬-‭ ‬Galula Formation.
Time period: Aptian/Cenomanian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial skull and teeth.

       Rukwasuchus is a genus of crocodile that lived in Tanzania during the Cretaceous.‭ ‬Rukwasuchus was named after Lake Rukwa,‭ ‬something the genus has in common with the titanosaur genus Rukwatitan.

Further reading
-‭ ‬A new crocodyliform from the middle Cretaceous Galula Formation,‭ ‬southwestern Tanzania.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology‭ ‬34‭(‬3‭)‬:576-596.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Jospeh J.‭ ‬W.‭ ‬Sertich‭ & ‬Patrick M.‭ ‬O'Connor‭ ‬-‭ ‬2014.

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