Fortignathus
Fortignathus is an extinct genus of dyrosaurid[1] or peirosaurid[2] crocodylomorph known from the Late Cretaceous Echkar Formation in Niger. It contains a single species, Fortignathus felixi.[1]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Superorder: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Suborder: | †Notosuchia |
| Family: | †Peirosauridae |
| Genus: | †Fortignathus Young et al., 2016 |
| Species: | †F. felixi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Fortignathus felixi de Lapparent de Broin, 2002 | |
References
- Young, Mark T.; Hastings, Alexander K.; Allain, Ronan; Smith, Thomas J. (July 2016). "Revision of the enigmatic crocodyliform Elosuchus felixi de Lapparent de Broin, 2002 from the Lower-Upper Cretaceous boundary of Niger: potential evidence for an early origin of the clade Dyrosauridae". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. doi:10.1111/zoj.12452. ISSN 0024-4082.
- Jouve, Stéphane; de Muizon, Christian; Cespedes-Paz, Ricardo; Sossa-Soruco, Víctor; Knoll, Stephane (2020-10-19). "The longirostrine crocodyliforms from Bolivia and their evolution through the Cretaceous–Palaeogene boundary". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 192 (2): 475–509. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa081. ISSN 0024-4082.
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