Dorbignysuchus, Jouve & Muizon & Cespedes-Paz & Sossa-Soruco & Knoll, 2021

Jouve, Stéphane, Muizon, Christian De, Cespedes-Paz, Ricardo, Sossa-Soruco, Víctor & Knoll, Stephane, 2021, The longirostrine crocodyliforms from Bolivia and their evolution through the Cretaceous-Palaeogene boundary, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 192, pp. 475-509 : 489

publication ID

5FE60428-2627-4AA3-896B-6B8FAB91BB79

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:5FE60428-2627-4AA3-896B-6B8FAB91BB79

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10541493

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8DF70253-7362-467F-961C-130026FFB248

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:8DF70253-7362-467F-961C-130026FFB248

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Dorbignysuchus
status

gen. nov.

DORBIGNYSUCHUS GEN. NOV.

( FIGS 13–15)

L S I D: u r n: l s i d: z o o b a n k. o r g: a c t: 8 D F 7 0 2 5 3 - 7362-467F-961C-130026FFB248

Etymology

Named in honor of French naturalist Alcide Charles Victor Marie Dessalines d’Orbigny ( 6 September 1802 to 30 June 1857), Professor of Palaeontology at the Paris Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle , who explored South America , including Bolivia, during the 19 th century. The suffix - suchus is derived from the Ancient Greek name Σοῦχος, used for the Egyptian crocodile god Sobek .

Diagnosis

As for the only known species.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Crocodylia

Family

Dyrosauridae

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