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ZooKeys28:1–143(2009)CretaceousCrocodyliformsfromtheSahara1

doi:10.3897/zookeys.28.325MONOGRAPH

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CretaceousCrocodyliformsfromtheSahara

PaulC.Sereno1,†,HansC.E.Larsson2,‡

1DepartmentofOrganismalBiologyandAnatomy,UniversityofChicago,Chicago,Illinois60637,USA

2RedpathMuseum,McGillUniversity,Montreal,QuebecH3A2K6,Canada

†urn:lsid::pub:A979ECDE-871F-4AFC-9ABA-63A0FD6DC323

‡urn:lsid::author:F1B7E0C5-C76A-44ED-852C-58BF7AB961DB

Correspondingauthor:PaulC.Sereno(dinosaur@)

Academiceditor:HansSues

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Received13November2009

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Accepted16November2009

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Published19November

2009

urn:lsid::pub:A979ECDE-871F-4AFC-9ABA-63A0FD6DC323

Citation:SerenoPC,LarssonHCE(2009)CretaceousCrocodyliformsfromtheSahara.ZooKeys28:1–143.doi:

10.3897/zookeys.28.325

Abstract

DiversecrocodyliformshavebeendiscoveredinrecentyearsinCretaceousrocksonsouthernlandmasses

formerlycomposingGondwana.WereporthereonsixspeciesfromtheSaharawithanarrayoftrophic

adaptationsthatsigniicantlydeepenourcurrentunderstandingofAfricancrocodyliformdiversityduring

theCretaceousperiod.Wedescribetwoofthesespecies(Anatosuchusminor,Araripesuchuswegeneri)from

nearlycompleteskullsandpartialarticulatedskeletonsfromtheLowerCretaceousElrhazFormation

(Aptian-Albian)ofNiger.heremainingfourspecies(Araripesuchusrattoidessp.n.,Kaprosuchussaharicus

gen.n.sp.n.,Laganosuchusthaumastosgen.n.sp.n.,La