A new crocodylian from the late Maastrichtian of Spain: Implications for the initial radiation of crocodyloids

E. Puértolas, J. I. Canudo, and P. Cruzado-Caballero

2011

Article

PLoS One 6(6):e20011:1

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0020011

Taxa discussed in this work:

• Arenysuchus
• Arenysuchus gascabadiolorum
• Brachyuranochampsa eversolei
• Caiman latirostris
• Caiman yacare
• Crocodylus cataphractus
• Crocodylus porosus
• Eogavialis africanum
• Gavialis gangeticus
• Hylaeochampsa vectiana
• Melanosuchus niger
• Osteolaemus tetraspis
• Paleosuchus trigonatus
• Thecoachampsoides minor
• Tomistoma schlegelii

Taxonomy:

• Caiman latirostris belongs to Caiman - Daudin (1801)
• Crocodylus porosus belongs to Crocodylus - Schneider (1801)
• Caiman yacare belongs to Caiman - Daudin (1802)
• Melanosuchus niger belongs to Melanosuchus - Spix (1825)
• Tomistoma schlegelii belongs to Tomistoma - Müller (1846)
• Osteolaemus tetraspis belongs to Osteolaemus - Cope (1861)
• Hylaeochampsa vectiana belongs to Hylaeochampsa - Owen (1874)
• Brachyuranochampsa eversolei belongs to Brachyuranochampsa - Zangerl (1944)
• Australosuchus clarkae belongs to Australosuchus - Willis and Molnar (1991)
• Siquisiquesuchus venezuelensis belongs to Siquisiquesuchus - Brochu and Rincón (2004)
• Albertochampsa belongs to Alligatoroidea - Puértolas et al. (2011)
• Thecachampsoides belongs to Gavialoidea - Puértolas et al. (2011)
• Eogavialis africanum belongs to Eogavialis - Puértolas et al. (2011)
• Isisfordia duncani belongs to Isisfordia - Puértolas et al. (2011)
• Crocodylus acer belongs to Crocodylus - Puértolas et al. (2011)
• Crocodylidae belongs to Crocodyloidea - Puértolas et al. (2011)