Fortignathus

Fortignathus; Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, ; ~100–95 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Archosauria
Clade:	Pseudosuchia
Clade:	Crocodylomorpha
Clade:	† Notosuchia
Clade:	† Sebecosuchia
Clade:	† Sebecia
Family:	† Itasuchidae
Genus:	† Fortignathus ; Young et al., 2016
Species:	†F. felixi
Binomial name
	†Fortignathus felixi; (de Lapparent de Broin, 2002)
Synonyms
	Elosuchus felixide Lapparent de Broin, 2002;

Last updated September 11, 2025

Fortignathus is an extinct genus of dyrosaurid ^[1] or itasuchid ^[2] crocodylomorph known from the Late Cretaceous Echkar Formation in Niger. It contains a single species, Fortignathus felixi, which was originally named as a species of Elosuchus in 2002.^[1]^[3]

References

1 2 Young, Mark T.; Hastings, Alexander K.; Allain, Ronan; Smith, Thomas J. (July 2016). "Revision of the enigmatic crocodyliform Elosuchus felixi de Lapparent de Broin, 2002 from the Lower-Upper Cretaceous boundary of Niger: potential evidence for an early origin of the clade Dyrosauridae". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. doi: 10.1111/zoj.12452 . ISSN 0024-4082.
↑ Wilberg, Eric; Hill, Robert V.; Pascucci, Thomas R.; Roberts, Eric M.; Bouaré, Mamadou L.; O’Leary, Maureen A. "A new itasuchid (Crocodyliformes, Notosuchia) from the Early Cretaceous of Mali and the ancient Paleo-Tegama river system of Gondwana" . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 0 (0): e2505473. doi:10.1080/02724634.2025.2505473. ISSN 0272-4634.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link)
↑ de Broin, F. de L., (2002), Elosuchus , a new genus of crocodile from the Lower Cretaceous of the North of Africa: C. R. Palevol, v. 1, p. 275-285.

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[:0-1] 1 2 Young, Mark T.; Hastings, Alexander K.; Allain, Ronan; Smith, Thomas J. (July 2016). "Revision of the enigmatic crocodyliform Elosuchus felixi de Lapparent de Broin, 2002 from the Lower-Upper Cretaceous boundary of Niger: potential evidence for an early origin of the clade Dyrosauridae". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. doi: 10.1111/zoj.12452 . ISSN 0024-4082.

[2] Wilberg, Eric; Hill, Robert V.; Pascucci, Thomas R.; Roberts, Eric M.; Bouaré, Mamadou L.; O’Leary, Maureen A. "A new itasuchid (Crocodyliformes, Notosuchia) from the Early Cretaceous of Mali and the ancient Paleo-Tegama river system of Gondwana" . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 0 (0): e2505473. doi:10.1080/02724634.2025.2505473. ISSN 0272-4634.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link)

[3] Broin, F. de L., (2002), Elosuchus , a new genus of crocodile from the Lower Cretaceous of the North of Africa: C. R. Palevol, v. 1, p. 275-285.

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