Rugosuchus

Name: Rugosuchus.
Phonetic: Ru-go-su-kuss.
Named By: X.-C.‭ ‬Wu,‭ ‬Z.-W.‭ ‬Cheng‭ & ‬A.‭ ‬P.‭ ‬Russell‭ ‬-‭ ‬2001.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Crocodylomorpha,‭ ‬Eusuchia.
Species: R.‭ ‬nonganensis‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Skull‭ ‬28‭ ‬centimetres long.
Known locations: China‭ ‬-‭ ‬Nenjiang Formation.
Time period: Turonian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Skull and partial post cranial skeletal remains.

       Rugosuchus is a genus of crocodile the lived in China during the early half of the Late Cretaceous.

Further reading
-‭ ‬Cranial anatomy of a new crocodyliform‭ (‬Archosauria:‭ ‬Crocodylomorpha‭) ‬from the Lower Cretaceous of Song-Liao Plain,‭ ‬northeastern China.‭ ‬Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences‭ ‬38:1653-1663.‭ ‬-‭ ‬X.-C.‭ ‬Wu,‭ ‬Z.-W.‭ ‬Cheng‭ & ‬A.‭ ‬P.‭ ‬Russell‭ ‬-‭ ‬2001.



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