Libycosuchus

Libycosuchus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
(unranked):	Mesoeucrocodylia
Suborder:	?Notosuchia
Family:	Libycosuchidae
Genus:	Libycosuchus Stromer, 1914
Species
L. brevirostris Stromer, 1914(type)

Libycosuchus is an extinct genus of North African crocodylomorph possibly related to Notosuchus. It was terrestrial, living approximately 95 million years ago in the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous. Fossil remains have been found in the Baharije Formation in Egypt, making it contemporaneous with the crocodilian Stomatosuchus, and dinosaurs, including Spinosaurus.

References

Buffetaut, E. 1982. Radiation évolutive, paléoécologie et biogéographie des Crocodiliens mésosuchienes. Mémoires Societé Geologique de France 142: 1–88.

Major clades

Ziphosuchia Sebecosuchia Sebecia

Basal notosuchians

Advanced Notosuchia

Notosuchidae	Notosuchus

Sphagesauridae	Adamantinasuchus Armadillosuchus Caipirasuchus Caryonosuchus Sphagesaurus Yacarerani

Others	Coringasuchus Labidiosuchus Mariliasuchus Morrinhosuchus

Others

Sebecosuchians

Cynodontosuchus Gondwanasuchus Pabwehshi

Baurusuchinae	Aplestosuchus Baurusuchus Stratiotosuchus

Pissarrachampsinae	Campinasuchus Pissarrachampsa Wargosuchus

Others

Possible notosuchians

Mahajangasuchidae	Kaprosuchus Mahajangasuchus

Peirosauridae	Barcinosuchus Bayomesasuchus Gasparinisuchus Hamadasuchus Lomasuchus Montealtosuchus Patagosuchus Peirosaurus Pepesuchus Rukwasuchus Uberabasuchus

Trematochampsidae	Amargasuchus Baharijodon Barreirosuchus Caririsuchus Itasuchus Miadanasuchus Trematochampsa

Related categories

Terrestrial crocodylomorphs Cretaceous crocodylomorphs

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