Lohuecosuchus
Name:
Lohuecosuchus
(Lo Hueco crocodile).
Phonetic: Lo-hu-ko-soo-kus.
Named By: I. Narv�ez, C. A. Brochu, F.
Escaso, A. P�rez-Garc�a & F. Ortega - 2015.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Crocodylomorpha, Crocodyliformes, Allodaposuchidae.
Species: L. megadontos
(type), L. mechinorum.
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore.
Size: Skull of L. megadontos about 32
centimeteres long.
Known locations: France. Spain - Villalba de
la Sierra Formation.
Time period: Campanian/Maastrichtian of the
Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Skulls and jaws.
A
relative of Allodaposuchus,
Lohuecosuchus was a
crocodile
that lived
in Western Europe during the late Cretaceous.
Further reading
- New Crocodyliforms from Southwestern Europe and Definition of a
Diverse Clade of European Late Cretaceous Basal Eusuchians. - PLoS
ONE 10(11):e0140679:1-34. - I. Narv�ez, C. A.
Brochu, F. Escaso, A. P�rez-Garc�a & F. Ortega
- 2015.
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