Late Cretaceous neosuchian crocodiles from the Sultanate of Oman

Angela D. Buscalioni; Anne S. Schulp; John W M Jagt; Samir S. Hanna; Axel Frans Hartman

doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2003.12.004

Late Cretaceous neosuchian crocodiles from the Sultanate of Oman

Angela D. Buscalioni^*, Anne S. Schulp, John W M Jagt, Samir S. Hanna, Axel Frans 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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	267-275
Number of pages	9
Journal	Cretaceous Research
Volume	25
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2003.12.004
Publication status	Published - Apr 2004

Keywords

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

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