Fortignathus Explained

Fortignathus is an extinct genus of dyrosaurid[1] or peirosaurid[2] crocodylomorph known from the Late Cretaceous Echkar Formation in Niger. It contains a single species, Fortignathus felixi, which was originally named as a species of Elosuchus in 2002.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Young. Mark T.. Hastings. Alexander K.. Allain. Ronan. Smith. Thomas J.. July 2016. Revision of the enigmatic crocodyliform Elosuchus felixi de Lapparent de Broin, 2002 from the Lower-Upper Cretaceous boundary of Niger: potential evidence for an early origin of the clade Dyrosauridae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 10.1111/zoj.12452. 0024-4082. free.
  2. Jouve. Stéphane. de Muizon. Christian. Cespedes-Paz. Ricardo. Sossa-Soruco. Víctor. Knoll. Stephane. 2020-10-19. The longirostrine crocodyliforms from Bolivia and their evolution through the Cretaceous–Palaeogene boundary. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 192. 2. 475–509. 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa081. 0024-4082.
  3. de Broin, F. de L., (2002), Elosuchus, a new genus of crocodile from the Lower Cretaceous of the North of Africa: C. R. Palevol, v. 1, p. 275-285.

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