Labidiosuchus
Name:
Labidiosuchus
(forceps crocodile).
Phonetic: Lab-e-do-su-kuss.
Named By: A. W. A. Kellner, R. G.
Figueiredo, S. A. K. Azevedo & D. A. Campos -
2011.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Crocodylomorpha, Metasuchia, Notosuchia.
Species: L. amicum (type).
Diet: Uncertain.
Size: Unknown due to lack of fossil remains.
Known locations: Brazil - Mar�lia Formation.
Time period: Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial dentary (lower
jaw).
Though only named for a partial jaw, Labidiosuchus is still quite interesting as reconstructions of the lower jaw have indicated that it would have had a Y-shaped profile, hence the name Labidiosuchus which translates as ‘forceps crocodile’.
Further reading
- A new cretaceous notosuchian (Mesoeucrocodylia) with bizarre
dentition from Brazil. - Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
163:109-115. - A. W. A. Kellner, R. G. Figueiredo,
S. A. K. Azevedo & D. A. Campos - 2011.
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