| Aegisuchus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous: Cenomanian,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauria |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
| Clade: | Neosuchia |
| Clade: | Eusuchia |
| Family: | †Aegyptosuchidae |
| Genus: | †Aegisuchus Holliday & Gardner, 2012 |
| Type species | |
| †Aegisuchus witmeri Holliday & Gardner, 2012
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Aegisuchus is an extinct monospecific genus of giant, flat-headed crocodyliform within the family Aegyptosuchidae. It was found in the Kem Kem Formation of southeast Morocco, which dates back to the Cenomanian age of the Late Cretaceous epoch.[1] The type species Aegisuchus witmeri was named in 2012 by paleontologists Casey Holliday and Nicholas Gardner, who nicknamed it "Shieldcroc" for the shield-like shape of its skull.[2] A. witmeri is known from a single partial skull including the braincase and skull roof.[1]
- ^ a b Casey M. Holliday and Nicholas M. Gardner (2012). "A New Eusuchian Crocodyliform with Novel Cranial Integument and Its Significance for the Origin and Evolution of Crocodylia". PLOS ONE. 7 (1): e30471. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...730471H. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0030471. PMC 3269432. PMID 22303441.
- ^ "New Species of Ancient Crocodile Discovered; 'Sheildcroc' Was Ancestor of Today's Species". ScienceDaily. 31 January 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2012.