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Libycosuchus
Extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Libycosuchus is an extinct genus of North African crocodyliform possibly related to Notosuchus;[1][2] it is part of the monotypic Libycosuchidae[3] and Libycosuchinae.[4] It was terrestrial, living approximately 95 million years ago in the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous. Fossil remains have been found in the Bahariya Formation in Egypt,[5] making it contemporaneous with the crocodilian Stomatosuchus, and dinosaurs, including Spinosaurus.[1] It was one of the few fossils discovered by Ernst Stromer that wasn't destroyed by the Royal Air Force during the bombing of Munich in 1944.[6] The type species, L. brevirostis, was named in 1914[7] and described in 1915.[5]
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Libycosuchus | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauria |
Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
Clade: | †Notosuchia |
(unranked): | †Eunotosuchia |
Genus: | †Libycosuchus Stromer 1914 |
Species: | †L. brevirostris |
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†Libycosuchus brevirostris Stromer, 1914 | |
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