Portugalosuchus
Portugalosuchus (meaning "crocodile from Portugal") is an extinct genus of eusuchian crocodyliform that was possibly a basal crocodylian – if so then it would be the oldest known crocodylian to date.[2] A 2021 morphological study recovered Portugalosuchus within Crocodylia as a member of Gavialidae closely related to similar "thoracosaurs" (e.g. Thoracosaurus), while also noting that is might also possibly be outside of Crocodylia completely.[1] The type species is P. azenhae, described in 2018,[2] and it is known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)-aged Tentugal Formation in Portugal.[3]
| Portugalosuchus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous: Cenomanian, | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Crocodilia |
| Genus: | †Portugalosuchus Mateus et al., 2018 |
| Type species | |
| †Portugalosuchus | |
References
- Rio, Jonathan P.; Mannion, Philip D. (6 September 2021). "Phylogenetic analysis of a new morphological dataset elucidates the evolutionary history of Crocodylia and resolves the long-standing gharial problem". PeerJ. 9: e12094. doi:10.7717/peerj.12094. PMC 8428266. PMID 34567843.
- Octávio Mateus; Eduardo Puértolas-Pascual; Pedro M. Callapez (2018). "A new eusuchian crocodylomorph from the Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) of Portugal reveals novel implications on the origin of Crocodylia". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 186 (2): 501–528. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zly064.
- "Portugalosuchus". Fossilworks. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
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