Document
Late cretaceous neosuchian crocodiles from the Sultanate of Oman.
Identifier
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2003.12.004
Source
Cretaceous Research. v. 25, 2, p. 267-275
Contributors
Country
United States.
City
Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd.
Gregorian
2004-04-01
Language
English
Subject
English abstract
Two apparently new crocodilian taxa from the Late Cretaceous (Late Campanian-Maastrichtian) Al-Khod Conglomerate of the Sultanate of Oman are described. The fragmentary state of preservation precludes formal naming, yet enables comparisons to be made with other taxa. One is a short-snouted terrestrial species showing affinities to Trematochampsidae based on similarities shared with Trematochampsa oblita; the other, an aquatic neosuchian, is related to longirostrine crocodiles with rather short splenials at the symphysis. The material supplies more evidence of similarities between the crocodilian faunas of Afro-Arabia and Madagascar. Currently, the Al-Khod fauna represents one of the better known, albeit otherwise poorly documented, Mesozoic vertebrate faunas from the Middle East.
ISSN
0195-6671
Category
Journal articles