Sokotosuchus

Sokotosuchus Temporal range: Maastrichtian ~70–66  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
Family:	† Dyrosauridae
Genus:	† Sokotosuchus Halstead 1975
Type species
†Sokotosuchus ianwilsoni Halstead 1975

Sokotosuchus is an extinct genus of dyrosaurid crocodyliform which existed during the Maastrichtian in western Africa. ^[1] Fossils of the genus were found in the Dukamaje Formation of Nigeria, ^[2] and some cranial material has possibly been found in Mali. ^[3]

Sokotosuchus was probably eaten by the snake Palaeophis colossaeus. ^[4]

References

• Paleontology portal

1. Hastings et al., 201q
2. Sokotosuchus at Fossilworks.org
3. Hill, V; McCartney, A; Roberts, R; Bouare, B; Sissoko, S; O'Leary, A (2014). "Dyrosaurid (Crocodyliformes: Mesoeucrocodylia) fossils from the Upper Cretaceous and Paleogene of Mali: implications for phylogeny and survivorship across the K/T boundary (project)". MorphoBank datasets. doi:10.7934/p84.
4. McCartney, Jacob; Roberts, Eric; Tapanila, Leif; O’Leary, Maureen (2018). "Large palaeophiid and nigerophiid snakes from Paleogene Trans-Saharan Seaway deposits of Mali". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 63. doi: 10.4202/app.00442.2017 . ISSN   0567-7920. S2CID   59147071.

Bibliography

• Hastings, Alexander K.; Bloch, Jonathan I.; Jaramillo, Carlos A. (2011), "A new longirostrine Dyrosaurid (Crocodylomorpha, Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Paleocene of north-eastern Colombia: Biogeographocal and behavioural implications for New-World Dyrosayridae" (PDF), Palaeontology , 54: 1095–1116, doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01092.x , retrieved 2017-06-14

Further reading

• L. B. Halstead. 1975. Sokotosuchus ianwilsoni n. g., g. sp., a new teleosaur crocodile from the Upper Cretaceous of Nigeria. Journal of Mining and Geology 11(1–2):101-103