Miadanasuchus

Name: Miadanasuchus.
Phonetic: My-ah-dah-nah-soo-kus.
Named By: Erin L.‭ ‬Rasmusson Simons‭ & ‬Gregory A.‭ ‬Buckley‭ ‬-‭ ‬2009.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Archosauromorpha,‭ ‬Crurotarsi,‭ ‬Crocodylomorpha,‭ ‬Mesoeucrocodylia,‭ ‬Trematochampsidae.
Species: M.‭ ‬oblita‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unknown.
Known locations: Madagascar‭ ‬-‭ ‬Maevarano Formation.
Time period: Campanian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial skull material and teeth.

       Miadanasuchus was originally described as a species of Trematochampsa back in‭ ‬1979,‭ ‬but re-identified as its own genus in‭ ‬2009.‭ ‬Miadanasuchus may have been one of the key predators of the Maevarano Formation.‭ ‬Other predatory crocodiles from the same formation include Mahajangasuchus and Araripesuchus.

Further reading
-‭ ‬New Material of‭ "‬Trematochampsa‭" ‬Oblita‭ (‬Crocodyliformes,Trematochampsidae‭) ‬from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology‭ ‬29‭ (‬2‭)‬:‭ ‬599‭–‬604.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Erin L.‭ ‬Rasmusson Simons‭ & ‬Gregory A.‭ ‬Buckley‭ ‬-‭ ‬2009.



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