Sarcosuchus

Sarcosuchus

Sar-ko-su-kus
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Name meaning: Flesh Crocodile

Time Period: Hauterivian to Albian (Early Cretaceous) 112-130 Mya

Locations: Algeria - Continental Intercalaire Formation. Brazil - Ilhas Group /Mali Continental Intercalaire Formation Morocco - Aoufous Formation/Ifezouane Formation. Niger - Elrhaz Formation/Tagrezou Sandstone Formation. Tunisia - Ain El Guettar Formation/Continental Intercalaire Formation

Taxonomy: Diapsida-Archosauromorpha-Mesoeucrocodylia-Pholidosauridae

Subspecies:S. imperator

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Sarcosuchus: The Prehistoric Super Croc