Name
Lorosuchus (Loro crocodile).
Phonetic
Lo-roe-soo-kus.
Named By
D. Pol & J. E. Powell - 2011.
Classification
Chordata, Reptilia, Crocodylomorpha, Notosuchia, Sebecosuchia, Sebecia, Sebecidae.
Diet
Carnivore.
Species
L. nodosus
Size
Skull 20 centimetres long.
Known locations
Argentina, Tucum�n Province - R�o Loro Formation.
Time Period
Thanetian/Selandian of the Paleocene.
Fossil representation
Compete skull, lower jaws as well as partial post cranial skeletal remains.
The genus Lorosuchus represents one of if not the most primitive sebecid crocodiles currently known. Lorosuchus is named after the Rio Loro Formation where the holotype fossils were discovered.
– A new sebecid mesoeucrocodylian from the Rio Loro Formation (Palaeocene) of north-western Argentina. – Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163:S7-S36. – D. Pol & J. E. Powell – 2011.
