Name:
Rukwasuchus
(Rukwa crocodile).
Phonetic: Ruk-wah-soo-kus.
Named By: Jospeh J. W. Sertich &
Patrick M. O'Connor - 2014.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Crocodylomorpha, Peirosauridae.
Species: R. yajabalijekundu
(type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Uncertain due tolack of remains.
Known locations: Tanzania - Galula Formation.
Time period: Aptian/Cenomanian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial skull and teeth.
Rukwasuchus is a genus of crocodile that lived in Tanzania during the Cretaceous. Rukwasuchus was named after Lake Rukwa, something the genus has in common with the titanosaur genus Rukwatitan.
Further reading
- A new crocodyliform from the middle Cretaceous Galula Formation,
southwestern Tanzania. - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
34(3):576-596. - Jospeh J. W. Sertich & Patrick
M. O'Connor - 2014.