Scolomastax is an extinct genus of paralligatorid neosuchian known from the Late Cretaceous Woodbine Formation in Texas. It contains a single species, S. sahlsteini.[1]
Scolomastax Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauria |
Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
Family: | †Paralligatoridae |
Genus: | †Scolomastax Noto et al. 2019 |
Species: | †S. sahlsteini
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Binomial name | |
†Scolomastax sahlsteini Noto et al. 2019
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References
edit- ^ Noto, Christopher R.; Drumheller, Stephanie K.; Adams, Thomas L.; Turner, Alan H. (2020). "An Enigmatic Small Neosuchian Crocodyliform from the Woodbine Formation of Texas". The Anatomical Record. 303 (4): 801–812. doi:10.1002/ar.24174. ISSN 1932-8494. PMID 31173481.