Thoracosaurus

Thoracosaurus Fossil range: Late Cretaceous-Early Paleocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Order:	Crocodilia
Superfamily:	Gavialoidea
Genus:	Thoracosaurus Leidy, 1852
Species:	T. neocesariensis (de Kay, 1842 [originally Gavialis neocesariensis]) (type) T. glyptodon

Thoracosaurus is an extinct genus of gavialoid crocodilian which existed during the Late Cretaceous and early Paleocene.^[1] It contains the species Thoracosaurus glyptodon and Thoracosaurus neocesariensis. Its remains have been found in New Jersey, USA.^[2] A number of species have been referred to this genus, but most are dubious.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Brochu, C. A. (2006) Osteology and phylogenetic significance of Eosuchus minor (Marsh, 1870) new combination, a longirostrine crocodylian from the Late Paleocene of North America. Journal of Paleontology 80(1):162-186.
^ Page 125; A study of fossil vertebrate types in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia: taxonomic, systematic, and historical perspectives Issue 16 of Special Publication Series, Academy of Natural Sciences (Philadelphia, Pa.) By Earle E. Spamer, Edward Daeschler, L. Gay Vostreys-Shapiro. Academy of Natural Sciences, 1995 ISBN 0910006512/ISBN 9780910006514

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[CAB06-1] Brochu, C. A. (2006) Osteology and phylogenetic significance of Eosuchus minor (Marsh, 1870) new combination, a longirostrine crocodylian from the Late Paleocene of North America. Journal of Paleontology 80(1):162-186.

[2] Page 125; A study of fossil vertebrate types in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia: taxonomic, systematic, and historical perspectives Issue 16 of Special Publication Series, Academy of Natural Sciences (Philadelphia, Pa.) By Earle E. Spamer, Edward Daeschler, L. Gay Vostreys-Shapiro. Academy of Natural Sciences, 1995 ISBN 0910006512/ISBN 9780910006514

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