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| + | | name = ''Anatosuchus'' |
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| + | | temporal_range = Early Cretaceous |
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| + | | image = Anatosuchus.jpg |
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| + | | image_caption = An artist's interpretation of ''Anatosuchus minor'' |
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| + | | image_width = 240px |
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| + | | regnum = [[Animal]]ia |
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| + | | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] |
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| + | | classis = [[Reptilia]] |
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| + | | superordo = [[Crocodylomorpha]] |
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| + | | clade1 = [[Metasuchia]] |
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| + | | subordo = †[[Notosuchia]] |
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| + | | genus = †'''''Anatosuchus''''' |
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| + | | genus_authority = [[Paul Sereno|Sereno]] ''et al''., 2003 |
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| + | | binomial = {{Extinct}}Anatosuchus minor |
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| + | | binomial_authority = Sereno ''et al''., 2003 |
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| + | '''''Anatosuchus''''' ("duck crocodile", the name from the Latin anas ("duck") and the Greek souchos ("crocodile"), for the broad, duck-like snout) is an extinct genus of notosuchian crocodylomorph discovered in Gadoufaoua, Niger, and described by a team of palaeontologists led by the American Paul Sereno in 2003, in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.[1] Its duck-like snout coincidentally makes it resemble a crocoduck, an imagined hybrid animal with the head of a crocodile and the body of a duck. |
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| + | ==Species and discovery== |
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| + | The type species of ''Anatosuchus'' is ''A. minor'', in reference to its small body size. The holotype material (MNN GDF603), is a nearly complete skull with articulated lower jaws. It was discovered from the upper portion of the Elrhaz Formation and lower portion of Echkar Formation, indicating an Early Cretaceous (Late Aptian or Early Albian) age. |
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| + | ==Systematics== |
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| + | In the initial description of ''Anatosuchus'', it formed a clade with ''Comahuesuchus'', within a less inclusive Notosuchia, also found to be monophyletic.[1] However, further work proposed that ''Anatosuchus'' is not closely related to ''Comahuesuchus''. |
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| + | ==Paleobiology== |
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| + | [[Category:Prehistoric reptiles of Africa]] |
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| + | [[Category:Cretaceous Period]] |
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Revision as of 22:24, 18 September 2020
| Anatosuchus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous | |
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| An artist's interpretation of Anatosuchus minor | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| clade: | Metasuchia |
| Superorder: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Suborder: | †Notosuchia |
| Genus: | †Anatosuchus Sereno et al., 2003 |
| Binomial name | |
| †Anatosuchus minor Sereno et al., 2003 | |
Anatosuchus ("duck crocodile", the name from the Latin anas ("duck") and the Greek souchos ("crocodile"), for the broad, duck-like snout) is an extinct genus of notosuchian crocodylomorph discovered in Gadoufaoua, Niger, and described by a team of palaeontologists led by the American Paul Sereno in 2003, in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.[1] Its duck-like snout coincidentally makes it resemble a crocoduck, an imagined hybrid animal with the head of a crocodile and the body of a duck.
Species and discovery
The type species of Anatosuchus is A. minor, in reference to its small body size. The holotype material (MNN GDF603), is a nearly complete skull with articulated lower jaws. It was discovered from the upper portion of the Elrhaz Formation and lower portion of Echkar Formation, indicating an Early Cretaceous (Late Aptian or Early Albian) age.
Systematics
In the initial description of Anatosuchus, it formed a clade with Comahuesuchus, within a less inclusive Notosuchia, also found to be monophyletic.[1] However, further work proposed that Anatosuchus is not closely related to Comahuesuchus.