In Depth In life Procaimanoidea would have lived like a small alligator feeding upon a variety of animals from fish such as Diplomystus, to invertebrates like freshwater shrimp. The main evidence for this comes from the two different kinds of teeth in the jaws, sharper conical teeth in the front, and more rounded teeth in … Read more
In Depth Kentisuchus is a genus of crocodile known to have lived around Europe during the Eocene. Further Reading - Two new genera of Eocene crocodilians. - American Museum Novitates 1727:1-4. - C. C. Mook - 1955. - A new basal tomistomine (Crocodylia, Crocodyloidea) from Issel (Middle Eocene; France): palaeobiogeography of basal tomistomines and palaeogeographic … Read more
In Depth In 1941 an alligator specimen from the Green River Formation was interpreted as being a new species of Hassiacosuchus by C. C. Mook. However a later 1967 study by Wassersug and Hecht found the remains of the second species actually belonged within the Procaimanoidea genus, and as such the second species of Hassiacosuchus … Read more
In Depth Brochuchus is a genus of crocodile that lived in Africa during the Miocene. The genus Brochuchus was named after Christopher A. Brochu in recognition for his work on cocodylians and associated animals. Further reading - New specimens of ‘Crocodylus’ pigotti (Crocodylidae) from Rusinga Island, Kenya, and generic reallocation of the species. - Journal … Read more
In Depth Thoracosaurus is a medium-large gharial-like crocodile that lived during the late Cretaceous through to the Paleocene. Fossils of Thoracosaurus are usually associated with North American and European fossil deposits, but remains from other places such as India have also been reported. The sheer number of Thoracosaurus fossils seems to indicate that the genus … Read more
In Depth Once referred to as Crocodilus affuvelensis, a 2008 review by Jeremy Martin and Eric Buffetaut saw it placed into a new genus as Massaliasuchus. Before this time the fossil material was thought to have possibly been further examples of Allodaposuchus, another late Cretaceous crocodile that has also been found in France. Further Reading … Read more
In Depth Aldabrachampsus was a fairly small crocodile known to have been active around the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean during the Pleistocene period. It is believed that Aldabrachampsus came to Aldbara Atoll by migration because previously the atoll had been submerged for over one hundred thousand years. A possible source could be either Madagascar … Read more
In Depth Paludirex is a genus of crocodile that lived in Australia roughly during the Pliocene and Pleistocene periods. Further reading - Australia’s prehistoric ‘swamp king’: revision of the Plio-Pleistocene crocodylian genus Pallimnarchus de Vis, 1886. PeerJ. 8: e10466. - Jorgo Ristevski, Adam M. Yates, Gilbert J. Price, Ralph E. Molnar, Vera Weisbecker & Steven … Read more