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RUKWASUCHUS
(ruk-wah-soo-kus)
meaning: "Rukwa crocodile"
Named By: Jospeh J. W. Sertich & Patrick M. O'Connor in 2014
Time Period: middle Cretaceous, 100 Ma
Location: Tanzania - Galula Formation
Size: Uncertain due tolack of remains
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Partial skull and teeth
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Crocodylomorpha | Peirosauridae |
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Rukwasuchus is an extinct genus of peirosaurid mesoeucrocodylian known from the middle Cretaceous Galula Formation of southwestern Tanzania. It contains a single species, Rukwasuchus yajabalijekundu.

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