Name:
Knoetschkesuchus
(Kn�tschke crocodile).
Phonetic: Knowtsc-ke-soo-kus.
Named By: D. Schwarz, M. Raddatz &
O. Wings - 2017.
Synonyms: Theriosuchus guimarotae.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Crocodylomorpha, Crocodyliformes, Eusuchia, Atoposauridae.
Species: K. langenbergensis
(type), K. guimarotae.
Diet: Insectivore/Carnivore.
Size: Estimated about 55 centimetres long.
Known locations: Germany - S�ntel Formation.
Portugal - Alcoba�a Formation.
Time period: Kimmeridgian of the Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Partial remains of hundreds
of individuals.
Knoetschkesuchus
is a genus of small crocodylomorph that lived in Europe during the late
Jurassic. The type species, K. langenbergensis
is known from
Germany. Another species, K. guimarotae
(formerly assigned to
the Theriosuchus
genus) is known from Portugal. The small size of
Knoetschkesuchus meant that it would have been a
predator of smaller
creatures such as invertebrates, though some vertebrates such as
frogs, fish and the young of other creatures could have also been
hunted.
Further reading
- Knoetschkesuchus langenbergensis gen. nov.
sp. nov., a new
atoposaurid crocodyliform from the Upper Jurassic Langenberg Quarry
(Lower Saxony, northwestern Germany), and its relationships to
Theriosuchus. - PLoS ONE 12(2):e0160617:1-47. - D.
Schwarz, M. Raddatz & O. Wings - 2017.