Globidentosuchus

Globidentosuchus
Temporal range: Mid-Late Miocene (Mayoan-Montehermosan),
11.6–5.3 Ma[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauromorpha
Clade: Archosauriformes
Order: Crocodilia
Family: Alligatoridae
Subfamily: Caimaninae
Genus: †Globidentosuchus
Scheyer et al., 2013
Type species
†Globidentosuchus brachyrostris
Scheyer et al., 2013

Globidentosuchus is an extinct genus of basal caimanine crocodylian known from the late Middle to Late Miocene of the Middle and the Upper Members of the Urumaco Formation at Urumaco, Venezuela.[2] Its skull was very short and robust, with large units of spherical teeth used to break the shells of molluscs as part of its durophagus diet.[3][2] It is thought to be one of the most basal Caimanines, even sharing some traits with alligatorids.[2]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c Scheyer, T. M.; Aguilera, O. A.; Delfino, M.; Fortier, D. C.; Carlini, A. A.; Sánchez, R.; Carrillo-Briceño, J. D.; Quiroz, L.; Sánchez-Villagra, M. R. (2013). "Crocodylian diversity peak and extinction in the late Cenozoic of the northern Neotropics" (PDF). Nature Communications. 4: 1907. Bibcode:2013NatCo...4.1907S. doi:10.1038/ncomms2940. PMID 23695701.
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