Antaeusuchus
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'''''Antaeusuchus taouzensis''''' is a species of [[ |
'''''Antaeusuchus taouzensis''''' is a species of [[Itasuchidae|itasuchid]] [[Notosuchia|notosuchian]] from the Late [[Cretaceous]] [[Kem Kem Group]] of [[Morocco]]. It was described in 2021, and it is the only species in the genus '''''Antaeusuchus'''''.{{cite journal |last1=Nicholl |first1=C.S.C. |last2=Hunt |first2=E.S.E. |last3=Ouarhache |first3=D. |last4=Mannion |first4= P.D. |year=2021 |title=A second peirosaurid crocodyliform from the Mid-Cretaceous Kem Kem Group of Morocco and the diversity of Gondwanan notosuchians outside South America |journal= Royal Society Open Science|volume=8 |issue=10|article-number=211254 |doi=10.1098/rsos.211254 |doi-access=free|pmid=34659786 |pmc=8511751 |bibcode=2021RSOS....811254N }} It is the fourth [[notosuchian]] described from the region and the second Kem Kem peirosaurid after ''[[Hamadasuchus]]''. A 2023 study proposes that ''Antaeusuchus'' may not be distinct enough to warrant its own genus and that it instead represents another species of ''Hamadasuchus''. |
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==Discovery and naming== |
==Discovery and naming== |
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