Duerosuchus
Name:
Duerosuchus
(Deuro river crocodile).
Phonetic: Du-ro-su-kus.
Named By: L. A. Santiago & L. A.
Andr�s - 2009.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Archosauromorpha, Crocodylomorpha, Crocodilia.
Species: D. piscator (type).
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore.
Size: Skull about 20 centimetres long.
Comparison to other crocodiles suggests a length of up to 160
centimetres long.
Known locations: Spain
Time period: Eocene.
Fossil representation: Skull, lower jaw,
osteoderms and possibly vertebrae.
Duerosuchus is a genus of relatively small crocodile that lived in Spain during the Eocene.
Further reading
- Nuevo g�nero de Crocodylia del Eoceno medio de la Pen�nsula
Ib�rica (Zamora, Espa�a): Duerosuchus piscator
nov. gen.,
nov. sp. - Studia Geologica Salmanticensia 45 (2):
149–173. - L. A. Santiago & L. A. Andr�s -
2009.
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