New Crocodyliform specimens from Recôncavo-Tucano Basin (Early Cretaceous) of Bahia, Brazil

In 1940, L.I. Price and A. Oliveira recovered four crocodyliform specimens from the Early Cretaceous Bahia Supergroup (Recôncavo-Tucano Basin). In the present work, we describe four different fossil specimens: an osteoderm, a fibula, a tibia, and some autopodial bones. No further identification besi...

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Published in:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2019-01, Vol.91Suppl 2 (Suppl 2), p.e20170382-e20170382
Main Authors: Souza, Rafael G DE, Campos, Diogenes A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alligators and Crocodiles - anatomy & histology
Alligators and Crocodiles - classification
Animals
Brazil
Crocodyliforms
Early Cretaceous
Fossils
MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES
Paleontology
Recôncavo Basin
Tucano Basin
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Summary:In 1940, L.I. Price and A. Oliveira recovered four crocodyliform specimens from the Early Cretaceous Bahia Supergroup (Recôncavo-Tucano Basin). In the present work, we describe four different fossil specimens: an osteoderm, a fibula, a tibia, and some autopodial bones. No further identification besides Mesoeucrocodylia was made due to their fragmentary nature and the reduced number of recognized synapomorphies for more inclusive clades. With exception of the fibula, all other specimens have at least one particular feature, which with new specimens could represent new species. The new specimens described here increase the known diversity of Early Cretaceous crocodyliforms from Brazil. This work highlights the great fossiliferous potential of Recôncavo-Tucano Basin with regard to crocodyliform remains.
ISSN:0001-3765
1678-2690
1678-2690
DOI:10.1590/0001-3765201720170382