Miadanasuchus

Miadanasuchus is an extinct genus of trematochampsid which existed in the Maevarano Formation of Madagascar during the late Cretaceous period (Campanian age).[1] It was first named by Erin L. Rasmusson Simons and Gregory A. Buckley in 2009 and the type species is Miadanasuchus oblita.[1]

Miadanasuchus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Sauropsida
Subclass:
Diapsida
Infraclass:
Archosauromorpha
(unranked):
Crurotarsi
Superorder:
Crocodylomorpha
(unranked):
Mesoeucrocodylia
Family:
Trematochampsidae
Genus:
Miadanasuchus

Simons & Buckley, 2009
Species

M. oblita Buffetaut & Taquet, 1979(originally Trematochampsa oblita) (type)

References
  1. Erin L. Rasmusson Simons and Gregory A. Buckley (2009). "New Material of "Trematochampsa" Oblita (Crocodyliformes,Trematochampsidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 29 (2): 599โ€“604. doi:10.1671/039.029.0224.


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