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ALLODAPOSUCHUS
(al-loe-dap-oh-soo-kus)
meaning: "Different Dapo crocodile"
Allodaposuchus
Named By: Nopsca in 1928
Time Period: Late Cretaceous, Campanian-Maastrichtian
Location: France, Romania and Spain
Size: About 3 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Several specimens
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Crocodylomorpha | Crocodylia |
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Allodaposuchus is an extinct genus of crocodyliforms that includes four species that lived in what is now southern Europe during the Campanian and Maastrichtian stages of the Late Cretaceous. Although generally classified as a non-crocodylian crocodylomorph, it is sometimes placed as one of the earliest true crocodylians. Allodaposuchus is one of the most common Late Cretaceous crocodylomorphs from Europe, with fossils known from Spain, Romania, and France.

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