Sahitisuchus

Name: Sahitisuchus ‭(‬angry/brave crocodile‭)‬.‭
Phonetic: Sah-it-e-su-kus.
Named By: A.‭ ‬W.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Kellner,‭ ‬A.‭ ‬E.‭ ‬P.‭ ‬Pinheiro‭ & ‬D.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Campos‭ ‬-‭ ‬2014.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Crocodylomorpha,‭ ‬Sebecosuchia,‭ ‬Sebecia,‭ ‬Sebecidae.
Species: S.‭ ‬fluminensis‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Skull roughly about‭ ‬32‭ ‬centimetres in length.
Known locations: Brazil.
Time period: Thanetian of the Paleocene/Ypresian of the Eocene.
Fossil representation: Skull and lower jaws.

       Sahitisuchus is a genus of sebesuchid crocodile that lived in South America during the Paleocene/Eocene.‭ ‬Sahitisuchus is thought to have been semi aquatic and as a sebesuchis would have been related to genera such as Sebecus,‭ ‬Langstonia and Zulmasuchus.

Further reading
-‭ ‬A new sebecid from the Paleogene of Brazil and the crocodyliform radiation after the K–Pg boundary.‭ ‬-‭ ‬PLoS ONE‭ ‬9‭(‬1‭)‬.‭ ‬-‭ ‬A.‭ ‬W.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Kellner,‭ ‬A.‭ ‬E.‭ ‬P.‭ ‬Pinheiro‭ & ‬D.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Campos‭ ‬-‭ ‬2014.



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