Name
Crocodylus falconensis.
Phonetic
Crok-o-dil-us fal-con-en-sis.
Named By
T. M. Scheyer, O. A. Aguilera, M. Delfino, D. C. Fortier, A. A. Carlini, R. S�nchez, J. D. Carrillo-Brice�o, L. Quiroz & M. R. S�nchez-Villagra - 2013.
Classification
Chordata, Reptilia, Crocodylomorpha, Crocodilia, Crocodylidae, Crocodylinae.
Diet
Carnivore.
Species
Size
Holotype skull approximately 74 centimetres long, total size unknown.
Known locations
Venezuela - San Gregorio Formation, Cergel Member.
Time Period
Zanclean of the Pliocene.
Fossil representation
Almost complete skull and lower jaws.
- Crocodylian diversity peak and extinction in the late Cenozoic of the northern Neotropics. - Nature Communications 4(1907):1-9. - T. M. Scheyer, O. A. Aguilera, M. Delfino, D. C. Fortier, A. A. Carlini, R. S�nchez, J. D. Carrillo-Brice�o, L. Quiroz & M. R. S�nchez-Villagra - 2013.
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