Susisuchus is an extinct genus of neosuchian mesoeucrocodylian crocodyliform from the Early Cretaceous of Brazil.
Description[]
Size of Susisuchus anatoceps and other Brazilian Cretaceous crocodylomorphs. Credit: FunkMonk
Fossils have been found from the Nova Olinda Member of the Aptian-age Crato Formation in the Araripe and Lima Campos Basins of northeastern Brazil. Named in 2003, Susisuchus is the sole member of the family Susisuchidae, and is closely related to the clade Eusuchia, which includes living crocodilians. The type species is S. anatoceps, known from a single partial articulated skeleton that preserves some soft tissue. A second species, S. jaguaribensis, was named in 2009 from fragmentary remains.
The genus Susisuchus was first erected with the description of the type species S. anatoceps in 2003. S. anatoceps was found in the Aptian-age Crato Formation in the Araripe Basin, and was the first crocodyliform to be described from the formation. The holotype skeleton is the most complete known specimen of Susisuchus.
References[]
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/43445707_A_new_crocodilian_from_the_Lower_Cretaceous_Crato_Formation_of_north-eastern_Brazil
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339303546_A_new_specimen_of_Susisuchus_anatoceps_Crocodyliformes_Neosuchia_with_a_non-_eusuchian-type_palate
- https://www.mindat.org/taxon-8525347.html
- https://alchetron.com/Susisuchus