Agaresuchus

Ah-gah-re-soo-kus.

Benjamin Gutierrez

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Gutierrez, B. (2012, July 11). Agaresuchus. Prehistoric-wildlife. https://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/agaresuchus/

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Name

Agaresuchus.

Phonetic

Ah-gah-re-soo-kus.

Named By

I.‭ ‬Narv�ez,‭ ‬C.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Brochu,‭ ‬F.‭ ‬Escaso,‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Perez-Garc�a‭ & ‬F.‭ ‬Ortega‭ ‬-‭ ‬2016.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ Crocodylia.

Diet

Carnivore/Piscivore.

Species

A.‭ ‬fontisensis‭

Size

Skull roughly about 36 centimetres long. Total body length over 2 metres.

Known locations

Spain‭ ‬-‭ ‬Conqu�s Formation.

Time Period

Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Skulls and jaws.

In Depth

       Described in‭ ‬2016‭ ‬on the basis of two skulls and jaws,‭ ‬Agaresuchus fontisensis was a crocodile that lived‭ ‬in Spain during the late Cretaceous.‭ ‬Additionally a second species originally named as a species of Allodaposuchus,‭ ‬A.‭ ‬subjuniperus was also re-described as belonging to the genus in‭ ‬2016.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬The eusuchian crocodylomorph Allodaposuchus subjuniperus sp.‭ ‬nov.,‭ ‬a new species from the latest Cretaceous‭ (‬upper Maastrichtian‭) ‬of Spain.‭ ‬Historical Biology‭ ‬26‭(‬1‭)‬:91-109.‭ ‬-‭ ‬E.‭ ‬Pu�rtolas-Pascual,‭ ‬J.‭ ‬I.‭ ‬Canudo‭ & ‬M.‭ ‬Moreno-Azanza‭ ‬-‭ ‬2013. -‭ ‬New Spanish Late Cretaceous eusuchian reveals the synchronic and sympatric presence of two allodaposuchids.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Cretaceous Research‭ ‬65:112-125.‭ ‬-‭ ‬I.‭ ‬Narv�ez,‭ ‬C.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Brochu,‭ ‬F.‭ ‬Escaso,‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Perez-Garc�a‭ & ‬F.‭ ‬Ortega‭ ‬-‭ ‬2016.

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