Globidentosuchus

Globidentosuchus is an extinct genus of basal caimanine crocodylian known from the late Middle to Late Miocene of the Middle and the Upper Members of the Urumaco Formation at Urumaco, Venezuela.[1] It contains a single species, Globidentosuchus brachyrostris.[2]

Globidentosuchus
Temporal range: Mid-Late Miocene (Mayoan-Montehermosan)
~11.608–5.332 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Crocodilia
Family: Alligatoridae
Subfamily: Caimaninae
Genus: †Globidentosuchus
Scheyer et al., 2013
Type species
†Globidentosuchus brachyrostris
Scheyer et al., 2013

References
  1. Globidentosuchus at Fossilworks.org
  2. Scheyer, T. M.; Aguilera, O. A.; Delfino, M.; Fortier, D. C.; Carlini, A. A.; Sánchez, R.; Carrillo-Briceño, J. D.; Quiroz, L.; Sánchez-Villagra, M. R. (2013). "Crocodylian diversity peak and extinction in the late Cenozoic of the northern Neotropics" (PDF). Nature Communications. 4: 1907. doi:10.1038/ncomms2940. PMID 23695701.
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