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Colossosuchus
''Colossosuchus'' is an extinct genus of large Mystriosuchinae, mystriosuchine phytosaur from the Upper Triassic Tiki Formation of India. It was among the largest known phytosaurs, reaching a length of over . Among its characteristic features are the dome-shaped head and downturned tip of the upper jaw. ''Colossosuchus'' was part of an endemic radiation of phytosaurs from India, closely related to two additional forms not yet named. The genus is monotypic, only including the species ''Colossosuchus techniensis''. History and naming Fossils of ''Colossosuchus'' were recovered from the red mudstone of the fluvial Tiki Formation, located within the Rewa Gondwana Basin of India. The remains stem from a monotypic bonebed, meaning the collection of bones stems from only a single species. The bonebed yielded 27 skull and mandible specimens and approximately 339 postcranial remains corresponding to a minimum of 21 individual animals, primarily juveniles and subadults. All specimens are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 In Reptile Paleontology
This list of fossil reptiles described in 2023 is a list of new taxa of fossil reptiles that were binomial nomenclature, described during the year 2023, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to reptile paleontology that occurred in 2023. Squamates Squamate research * Redescription of ''Palaeogekko, Palaeogekko risgoviensis'' is published by Villa (2023), who confirms the validity of this species as a distinct taxon, and interprets it as a non-Eublepharidae, eublepharid Gekkonoidea, gekkonoid of uncertain affinities. * Thorn ''et al.'' (2023) describe new fossil material of ''Tiliqua frangens, Aethesia frangens'' from the Pleistocene of Australia, interpret it as a large-bodied (approximately 2.4 kg) blue-tongued skink, and transfer it to the genus ''Tiliqua''. * Lacertidae, Lacertid, blanid and Anguidae, anguid fossil material, including one of the oldest records of the genus ''Blanus'' reported to date, is described from the Early Miocene localities M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
