Stratiotosuchus

Stratiotosuchus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, Campanian–Maastrichtian
Life restoration of Stratiotosuchus maxhechti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: Crocodyliformes
Clade: †Notosuchia
Clade: †Sebecosuchia
Family: †Baurusuchidae
Subfamily: †Baurusuchinae
Genus: †Stratiotosuchus
Campos et al., 2001
Type species
†Stratiotosuchus maxhechti
Campos et al., 2001

Stratiotosuchus (from Greek, στρατιώτης (stratiōtēs, "soldier") and σοῦχος (suchos, "crocodile")) is an extinct genus of baurusuchid mesoeucrocodylian from the Adamantina Formation in Brazil. It lived during the Late Cretaceous.[1][2] The first fossils were found in the 1980s, and the type species Stratiotosuchus maxhechti was named in 2001.[1] A hyperpredator,[2] it and other baurusuchids may have filled niches occupied elsewhere by theropod dinosaurs.[3][4]

  1. ^ a b Campos, D.A.; Suarez, J.M.; Riff, D.; Kellner, A.W.A. (2001). "Short note on a new Baurusuchidae (Crocodyliformes, Metasuchia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Brazil". Boletim do Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro), Geologia. Nova Série. 57: 1–7.
  2. ^ a b ANDRÉ EDUARDO PIACENTINI PINHEIRO, REINALDO J. BERTINI, MARCO BRANDALISE DE ANDRADE and RAFAEL GIÓIA MARTINS NETO (2008). "A new specimen of Stratiotosuchus maxhechti (Baurusuchidae, Crocodyliformes) from the Adamantina Formation (Upper Cretaceous), southeastern Brazil". Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia. 11 (1): 37–50. doi:10.4072/rbp.2008.1.04.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Martinelli, Agustín G.; Pais, Diego F. (2008). "A new baurusuchid crocodyliform (Archosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia (Argentina)". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 7 (6): 371–381. Bibcode:2008CRPal...7..371M. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2008.05.002.
  4. ^ Candeiro, C. R. A., Martinelli, A. G., Avilla, L. S. & Rich, T. H. (2006). "Tetrapods from the Upper Cretaceous (Turonian-Maastrichtian) Bauru Group of Brazil: a reappraisal" (PDF). Cretaceous Research. 27 (6): 923–946. Bibcode:2006CrRes..27..923C. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2006.05.002.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)