Astorgosuchus

Astorgosuchus is an extinct genus of crocodilian, closely related to true crocodiles, that lived in Pakistan during the late Oligocene period. It contains a single species, A. bugtiensis, which was originally named as a species of Crocodylus in 1908.[1]

Astorgosuchus
Temporal range: Late Oligocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Crocodilia
Superfamily: Crocodyloidea
Genus: โ€ Astorgosuchus
Martin et al., 2019
Type species
Astorgosuchus bugtiensis
(Pilgrim, 1908)
Synonyms
  • Crocodylus bugtiensis Pilgrim, 1908

Diet

Astorgosuchus may have preyed upon Paraceratherium, an extinct genus of giant rhinoceros, based upon finds of Paraceratherium bones that had conical tooth prints matching that of the A. bugtiensis. It is likely that A. bugtiensis preyed on the young, or else ill, Paraceratherium, due to their extremely large size as adults.[2]

References
  1. Martin, Jeremy E.; Antoine, Pierre-Olivier; Perrier, Vincent; Welcomme, Jean-Loup; Metais, Gregoire; Marivaux, Laurent (2019). "A large crocodyloid from the Oligocene of the Bugti Hills, Pakistan". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: e1671427. doi:10.1080/02724634.2019.1671427.
  2. Baraniuk, Chris. "The story of rhinos and how they conquered the world". BBC. Retrieved 5 March 2017.


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