Manracosuchus

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Manracosuchus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: Crocodyliformes
Order: Crocodilia (?)
Genus:† Manracosuchus
Efimov, 1984
Species
  • †M. isolatusEfimov, 1984 (type)

Manracosuchus is an extinct genus of dubious crocodylian known from the Early-Middle Eocene Obaylin Formation of Kazakhstan.

Taxonomy

The type species of Manracosuchus, M. isolatus, is known from a fragment of the lower jaw, isolated teeth, scute fragments, and a post-symphysial part of a right dentary. [1] It was subsequently referred to Allognathosuchus by Efimov (1986), but was later restored to its original binomial by Efimov (1993). [2] A 2015 overview of extinct crocodyliforms from the former Soviet Union and adjacent countries treated Manracosuchus as a nomen dubium referable to Crocodylia incertae sedis. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Efimov, M. B., 1984, Fossil crocodiles for Zajsan Hollow: In Gabuniya E. K. editor. Folora and Fauna of Zajsan Hollow, Metsniereha, Tbilisi, p. 67-76.
  2. ↑ Efimov M.B. 1993. The Eocene crocodiles of the GUS – a history of development // Kaupia. Hf. 3. P. 23–25.
  3. ↑ "The Supraorder CROCODYLIFORMES". Researchgate.net. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
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