Description
Maroccosuchus Crocodile
- Maroccosuchus zennaroi
- Eocene, Ypresian stage, (~54 Million Years)
- Ouled Abdoun Basin, Phosphate Beds
- Oued Zem, Morocco
- This top quality, partially rooted specimen has no repairs or restoration and measures 1.96″ long.
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Maroccosuchus zennaroi is an extinct gavialoid crocodylian from the Early Eocene of Morocco. Therefore they are regarded as a member of the subfamily Tomistominae. Unlike Alligators, Crocodiles typically have long, slender snouts. Furthermore Gavialoidea is one of three superfamilies of crocodylians. Similarly the other two being Alligatoroidea and Crocodyloidea. Finally Maroccosuchus as a member of Tomistominae, related to the false gharial
