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Mandasuchus finally described

Started by Halichoeres, April 06, 2018, 04:33:45 PM

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Halichoeres

April 06, 2018, 04:33:45 PM
Mandasuchus was a large stem-crocodile of the Triassic, named in an unpublished dissertation and hence up to now a nomen nudum. Now it's formally described and the name is newly valid.

Paper (paywall): https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02724634.2017.1343728?instName=University+of+Birmingham&journalCode=ujvp20

And a reconstruction by Mark Witton:
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April 06, 2018, 04:42:41 PM
I like that reconstruction very much.

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April 06, 2018, 04:56:26 PM
Oh, it's named after the Manda beds, not after the Kaiju...
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April 11, 2018, 05:44:59 AM
It's about time, especially given how often Mandasuchus has appeared in popular dino books. My favorite examples are Hallett's life reconstruction in Waldrop/Loomis' Ranger Rick's Dinosaur Book & Sibbick's life reconstruction in Norman's When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth.
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April 11, 2018, 10:57:14 AM
Woah, Mandasuchus? Was this stem-crocodilian the guardian of the undersea kingdom of Mu?
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