Mahajangasuchus
Sign in to saveMahajangasuchus is an extinct genus of crocodyliform which had blunt, laterally compressed and serrated teeth. The type species, M. insignis, lived during the Late Cretaceous; its fossils have been found in the Maevarano Formation in northern Madagascar. It was a fairly large predator, measuring up to long.
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Vinony's link graph records 116 inbound references to Mahajangasuchus, and connects out to Notosuchia, Late Cretaceous and Uruguaysuchidae.
It sits within the topics Crocodylomorphs of Madagascar, Fossil taxa described in 1998 and Late Cretaceous crocodylomorphs.
Vinony links it to 13 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Parent taxon
- Mahajangasuchidae
- Image
- Mahajangasuchus BW.jpg
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- taxon name
- Mahajangasuchus
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Mahajangasuchus
- start time
- 70000000-0
- end time
- 66000000-0
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Discovery and naming
- Description
- Skull
- Postcranial skeleton
- Phylogeny
- Paleobiology
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Mahajangasuchus is an extinct genus of crocodyliform which had blunt, laterally compressed and serrated teeth. The type species, M. insignis, lived during the Late Cretaceous; its fossils have been found in the Maevarano Formation in northern Madagascar. It was a fairly large predator, measuring up to long.
==Discovery and naming== left|thumb|Diagram and size comparison of notable specimens of Mahajangasuchus
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