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Aigialosuchus
''Aigialosuchus'' is a extinct genus of long-snouted Crocodylomorpha, crocodylomorph that lived in what is now Sweden during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous period. The name ''Aigialosuchus'' comes from the Greek αἰγιαλός (''aigialos''), meaning "seashore", and σοῦχος (''souchus''), meaning "crocodile". The genus contains a single species, ''A. villandensis'', described in 1959 by Per Ove Persson based on material recovered from the Kristianstad Basin in southern Sweden. The known fossil material of ''Aigialosuchus'' consists of a partial skull and isolated teeth from southern Sweden, with possible additional teeth found on Zealand in Denmark. The fragmentary nature of these remains means that the precise classification of the genus remains uncertain. Though typically classified as an Eusuchia, eusuchian, since 2016 it has been repeatedly placed within the more basal family Dyrosauridae. In the Cretaceous, southern Scandinavia was covered by shallow sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aigialosuchus Skull
''Aigialosuchus'' is a extinct genus of long-snouted Crocodylomorpha, crocodylomorph that lived in what is now Sweden during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous period. The name ''Aigialosuchus'' comes from the Greek αἰγιαλός (''aigialos''), meaning "seashore", and σοῦχος (''souchus''), meaning "crocodile". The genus contains a single species, ''A. villandensis'', described in 1959 by Per Ove Persson based on material recovered from the Kristianstad Basin in southern Sweden. The known fossil material of ''Aigialosuchus'' consists of a partial skull and isolated teeth from southern Sweden, with possible additional teeth found on Zealand in Denmark. The fragmentary nature of these remains means that the precise classification of the genus remains uncertain. Though typically classified as an Eusuchia, eusuchian, since 2016 it has been repeatedly placed within the more basal family Dyrosauridae. In the Cretaceous, southern Scandinavia was covered by shallow sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
