Late Cretaceous neosuchian crocodiles from the Sultanate of Oman

Angela D. Buscalioni, Anne S. Schulp, John W M Jagt, Samir S. Hanna, Axel F. Hartman

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Abstract

Two apparently new crocodilian taxa from the Late Cretaceous (Late Campanian-Maastrichtian) Al-Khod Conglomerate of the Sultanate of Oman are described. The fragmentary state of preservation precludes formal naming, yet enables comparisons to be made with other taxa. One is a short-snouted terrestrial species showing affinities to Trematochampsidae based on similarities shared with Trematochampsa oblita; the other, an aquatic neosuchian, is related to longirostrine crocodiles with rather short splenials at the symphysis. The material supplies more evidence of similarities between the crocodilian faunas of Afro-Arabia and Madagascar. Currently, the Al-Khod fauna represents one of the better known, albeit otherwise poorly documented, Mesozoic vertebrate faunas from the Middle East. © 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)267-275
Number of pages9
JournalCretaceous Research
Volume25
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2004

Keywords

  • Crocodyliformes
  • Late Campanian-Maastrichtian
  • Late Cretaceous
  • Neosuchia
  • Sultanate of Oman
  • Trematochampsidae

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