Cerrejonisuchus

Name: Cerrejonisuchus ‭(‬Cerrej�n crocodile‭)‬.
Phonetic: Car-re-hon-soo-kus.
Named By: A.‭ ‬K.‭ ‬Hastings,‭ ‬J.‭ ‬I.‭ ‬Bloch,‭ ‬E.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Cadena‭ & ‬C.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Jaramillo‭ ‬-‭ ‬2010.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Crocodylomorpha,‭ ‬Dyrosauridae.
Species: C.‭ ‬improcerus‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore.
Size: Around ‬1.2‭ ‭‬meters long.
Known locations: Columbia‭ ‬-‭ ‬Cerrej�n Formation.
Time period: Selandian to the Thanetian of the Palaeocene.
Fossil representation: Partial skulls,‭ ‬vertebrae and osteoderms.

       Cerrejonisuchus is a genus‭ ‬of‭ ‬drysosaurid crocodile that is only represented by partial remains.‭ ‬These remains reveal however that Cerrejonisuchus‭ ‬had‭ ‬one of the shortest snouts of all of the known dryosaurids as well as the shortest body.‭ ‬Hailing from the Cerrej�n Formation,‭ ‬Cerrejonisuchus was probably a predator of fish and possible small mammals.‭ ‬Cerrejonisuchus however may have occasionally been prey to massive predators such as the monster snake Titanoboa. Other animals from the Cerrej�n Formation include the crocodiles Acherontisuchus and Anthracosuchus and the large turtles Carbonemys and Puentemys, as well as large three meter long lungfish.

Further reading
-‭ ‬A new small short-snouted dyrosaurid‭ (‬Crocodylomorpha,‭ ‬Mesoeucrocodylia‭) ‬from the Paleocene of northeastern Colombia‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology‭ ‬30‭ (‬1‭)‬:‭ ‬139‭–‬162.‭ ‬-‭ ‬A.‭ ‬K.‭ ‬Hastings,‭ ‬J.‭ ‬I.‭ ‬Bloch,‭ ‬E.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Cadena‭ & ‬C.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Jaramillo‭ ‬-‭ ‬2010.
- The postcranial skeleton of Cerrejonisuchus improcerus (Crocodyliformes: Dyrosauridae) and the unusual anatomy of dyrosaurids. - PeerJ. 9: e11222. - Isaure Scavezzoni​, & Valentin Fischer 2021.



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