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LABIDIOSUCHUS
(lab-e-do-su-kuss)
meaning: "forceps crocodile"
Named By: A. W. A. Kellner, R. G. Figueiredo, S. A. K. Azevedo & D. A. Campos in 2011
Time Period: Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian
Location: Brazil - Marilia Formation
Size: Unknown due to lack of fossil remains
Diet: Uncertain
Fossil(s): Partial dentary (lower jaw)
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Crocodylomorpha | Metasuchia | Notosuchia |
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Labidiosuchus is an extinct genus of notosuchian mesoeucrocodylian from Minas Gerais State, southeastern Brazil. Labidiosuchus had a very bizarre dentition and its lower jaw had a Y-shaped outline.

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