Name:
Libycosuchus.
Phonetic: Lib-e-co-su-kuss.
Named By: Ernest von Stromer - 1914.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Crocodylomorpha, Notosuchia, Libycosuchidae.
Species: L. brevirostris
(type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Egypt - Bahar�je Formation.
Time period: Cenomanian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
Libycosuchus is a genus of notosuchian crocodile that lived in North Africa during the earlier stages of the Late Cretaceous. Libycosuchus is noted for having a similarity to both Notosuchus and Simosuchus.
Further reading
- Ergebnisse der Forschungreisen Prof. E. Stromers in den Wusten
Agyptens: II. Wirbeltier-Reste der Baharije-Stufe (unterstes
Cenoman). 1. Einleitung und 2. Libycosuchus. -
Abhandlungen der Koniglichen Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften,
Mathematisch-Physikalischen Klasse 27(3):1-15. - Ernest von
Stromer - 1914.
- La fauna de Vert�br�s continentaux du gisement d'In Beceten
(S�nonien du Niger) [The continental vertebrate fauna from the In
Beceten locality (Senonian of Niger)]. - Comptes Rendus
Hebdomadaires des Seances de l'Academie des Sciences � Paris, s�rie
D 279:469-472. - F. de Broin, E. Buffetaut, J.-C.
Koeniguer, J.-C. Rage, D. E. Russell, P. Taquet, C.
Vergnaud-Grazzini & S. Wenz - 1974.
- Libycosuchus brevirostris from the Cenomanian
Bahariya Formation of Egypt
'New material of Libycosuchus brevirostris from the
Cenomanian Bahariya
Formation of Egypt'. - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 24 (3):
123A. - Allison Tumarkin-Deratzian, Barbara S. Grandstaff, Matthew
Lamanna, Joshua B. Smith - 2004.