Oxysdonsaurus Explained

Oxysdonsaurus is an extinct genus of crocodylid crocodilian. Fossils have been found from the Paraná Basin in Argentina that date back to the Oligocene.^{[1] [2]} According to Edward Drinker Cope, the generic name is a misspelling of the intended name Oxyodontosaurus.^[3] The genus is known only from a single tooth and is thus considered indeterminate.^{[4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. Ambrosetti . J. B. . 1890 . Observaciones sobre los reptiles fosiles Oligocenos de los terrenos Terciarios antiquos del Parana . Academia Nacional de Ciencias of Cordova . 10 . 409–426.
2. Markwick . P. J. . 1998 . Crocodilian diversity in space and time: the role of climate in paleoecology and its implication for understanding K/T extinctions . Paleobiology . 24 . 4 . 470–497 . 10.1017/S009483730002011X. 1998Pbio...24..470M .
3. 10.1086/275717 . Cope . E. D. . 1893 . Geology and Paleontology: Fossil Reptiles from the Parana . The American Naturalist . 27 . 316 . 375–379.
4. Rusconi . C. . 1935 . Observaciones sobre los gaviales fosiles Argentinos . Annales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina . 119 . 203–214.
5. Patterson . B. . 1936 . Caiman latirostris from the Pleistocene of Argentina, and a summary of South American Cenozoic Crocodilia . Herpetologica . 1 . 2 . 43–45+47–54.