Agaresuchus
Agaresuchus is an extinct genus of allodaposuchid once known as "Allodaposuchus" subjuniperus. It was recovered from the late-Maastrichtian Conquès Formation, part of the Tremp Group, in the province of Huesca, Spain. It was found in the Amor-3 layer.[3]
| Agaresuchus | |
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| Holotype skull of Agaresuchus subjuniperus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Family: | †Allodaposuchidae |
| Genus: | †Agaresuchus Narváez et al. 2016 |
| Type species | |
| †Agaresuchus subjuniperus Puértolas et al. 2012 (Narváez et al. 2016) | |
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History
In 2013 a second species of Allodaposuchus, A. subjuniperus, was named on the basis of a skull. The skull was found underneath a juniper tree whose roots had grown between the bones, hence the species name subjuniperus or "under juniper" in Latin. In 2016, the species was renamed to Agaresuchus subjuniperus.[1] The 2013 study also proposed that the French and Spanish fossils assigned to A. precedens in 2001 might actually represent a new unnamed species of Allodaposuchus currently identified as Allodaposuchus sp.
References
- E. Puértolas-Pascual; J. I. Canudo; M. Moreno-Azanza (2014). "The eusuchian crocodylomorph Allodaposuchus subjuniperus sp. nov., a new species from the latest Cretaceous (upper Maastrichtian) of Spain". Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology. 26 (1): 91–109. doi:10.1080/08912963.2012.763034.
- I. Narváez; C.A. Brochu; F. Escaso; A. Pérez-García; F. Ortega (2016). "New Spanish Late Cretaceous eusuchian reveals the synchronic and sympatric presence of two allodaposuchids". Cretaceous Research. 65: 112–125. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2016.04.018.
- Amor-3 at Fossilworks.org