In Depth
Knoetschkesuchus is a genus of small crocodylomorph that lived in Europe during the late Jurassic. The type species, K. langenbergensis is known from Germany. Another species, K. guimarotae (formerly assigned to the Theriosuchus genus) is known from Portugal. The small size of Knoetschkesuchus meant that it would have been a predator of smaller creatures such as invertebrates, though some vertebrates such as frogs, fish and the young of other creatures could have also been hunted.
Further Reading
- Knoetschkesuchus langenbergensis gen. nov. sp. nov., a new atoposaurid crocodyliform from the Upper Jurassic Langenberg Quarry (Lower Saxony, northwestern Germany), and its relationships to Theriosuchus. - PLoS ONE 12(2):e0160617:1-47. - D. Schwarz, M. Raddatz & O. Wings - 2017.
