| Description | Iberosuchus (meaning "Iberian crocodile") is a genus of extinct sebecosuchian mesoeucrocodylian found in Western Europe from the Eocene. Remains from Portugal was described in 1975 by Antunes as a sebecosuchian crocodilian. This genus has one species: I. macrodon (meaning "large toothed). Iberosuchus was a carnivore, unlike the crocodilians today, they are not aquatic and are instead terrestrial.
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| Rank | genus |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Iberosuchus |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Iberosuchus |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Scientific Name | Iberosuchus Antunes, 1975 |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Iberosuchus | genus | belongs to Baurusuchidae | stated with evidence | Antunes, 1975 | | Iberosuchus | genus | belongs to Mesosuchia | stated without evidence | Gasparini, 1984 | | Iberosuchus | genus | belongs to Baurusuchidae | implied | Carroll, 1988 | | Iberosuchus | genus | belongs to Sebecosuchia | stated with evidence | Ortega et al., 2000 | | Iberosuchus | genus | belongs to Mesoeucrocodylia | stated without evidence | Pol and Norell, 2004 | | Iberosuchus | genus | belongs to Sebecosuchia | stated with evidence | Turner and Calvo, 2005 | | Iberosuchus | genus | belongs to Notosuchia | stated without evidence | Zaher et al., 2006 | | Iberosuchus | genus | belongs to Sebecosuchia | stated with evidence | Turner, 2006 | | Iberosuchus | genus | belongs to Notosuchia | stated without evidence | Fiorelli and Calvo, 2008 | | Iberosuchus | genus | belongs to Sebecosuchia | stated with evidence | Turner and Sertich, 2010 | | Iberosuchus | genus | belongs to Notosuchia | stated with evidence | Nascimento and Zaher, 2011 | | Iberosuchus | genus | belongs to Sebecosuchia | stated with evidence | Pol and Powell, 2011 | | Iberosuchus | genus | belongs to Ziphosuchia | stated without evidence | Soto et al., 2011 | | Iberosuchus | genus | belongs to Notosuchia | stated without evidence | Bronzati et al., 2012 | | Iberosuchus | genus | belongs to Sebecosuchia | stated with evidence | Pol et al., 2012 | | Iberosuchus | genus | belongs to Ziphosuchia | stated without evidence | Sertich and O'Connor, 2014 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 56.0 - 48.6 Ma
Eocene |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 41.3 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene |
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| Environment | marine (based on Mesoeucrocodylia) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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| Diet | carnivore (based on Pseudosuchia) |
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| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | M. T. Antunes. 1975. Iberosuchus, crocodile Sebecosuchien nouveau, l’Eocène ibérique au nord de la Chaîne central, et l’origine du canyon de Nazare. Comunicaçoes dos Servicos Geologicos de Portugal 59:285-330 |
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| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iberosuchus |
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| Antunes M. T. (1975) Iberosuchus, crocodile Sebecosuchien nouveau, l’Eocène ibérique au nord de la Chaîne central, et l’origine du canyon de Nazare, Comunicaçoes dos Servicos Geologicos de Portugal 59, 285-330 |
| Gasparini Z. (1984) New Tertiary Sebecosuchia (Crocodylia: Mesosuchia) from Argentina, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 4 1, 85-95 |
| Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698 |
| Ortega F., Gasparini Z., et al (2000) A new species of Araripesuchus (Crocodylomorpha, Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Lower Cretaceous of Patagonia (Argentina), Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20 1, 57-76 |
| Pol D., Norell M. A. (2004) A New Crocodyliform from Zos Canyon, Mongolia, American Museum Novitates 3445, 1-36 |
| Turner A. H., Calvo J. O. (2005) A new sebecosuchian crocodyliform from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25 1, 87-98 |
| Turner A. H. (2006) Osteology and phylogeny of a new species of Araripesuchus (Crocodyliformes: Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar, Historical Biology 18 3, 255-369 doi:10.1080/08912960500516112 |
| Zaher H., Pol D., et al (2006) Redescription of the Cranial Morphology of Mariliasuchus amarali, and Its Phylogenetic Affinities (Crocodyliformes, Notosuchia), American Museum Novitates 3512, 1-40 |
| Fiorelli L., Calvo J. O. (2008) New remains of Notosuchus terrestris Woodward, 1896 (Crocodyliformes: Mesoeucrocodylia) from Late Cretaceous of Neuquen, Patagonia, Argentina, Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 66 1, 83-124 |
| Martin J. E., Rabi M., et al (2010) Survival of Theriosuchus (Mesoeucrocodylia: Atoposauridae) in a Late Cretaceous archipelago: a new species from the Maastrichtian of Romania, Naturwissenschaften 97, 845-854 doi:10.1007/s00114-010-0702-y |
| Turner A. H., Sertich J. J. W. (2010) Phylogenetic history of Simosuchus clarki (Crocodyliformes: Notosuchia) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Memoir 10, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 Sup1, 177-236 |
| Nascimento P. M., Zaher H. (2011) The skull of the Upper Cretaceous baurusuchid crocodile Baurusuchus alberoi Nascimento & Zaher 2010, and its phylogenetic affinities, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163, S116-S131 |
| Pol D., Powell J. E. (2011) A new sebecid mesoeucrocodylian from the Rio Loro Formation (Palaeocene) of north-western Argentina, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163, S7-S36 |
| Soto M., Pol D., et al (2011) A new specimen of Uruguaysuchus aznarezi (Crocodyliformes: Notosuchia) from the middle Cretaceous of Uruguay and its phylogenetic relationships, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163, S173-S198 |
| Bronzati M., Montefeltro F. C., et al (2012) A species-level supertree of Crocodyliformes, Historical Biology 24 6, 598-606 |
| Pol D., Leardi J. M., et al (2012) Postcranial anatomy of Sebecus icaeorhinus (Crocodyliformes, Sebecidae) from the Eocene of Patagonia, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32 2, 328-354 |
| Pol D., Nascimento P. M., et al (2014) A new notosuchian from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil and the phylogeny of advanced notosuchians, PLoS One 9 4, e93105 |
| Sertich J. J. W., O'Connor P. M. (2014) A new crocodyliform from the middle Cretaceous Galula Formation, southwestern Tanzania, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 3, 576-596 |
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