The giant crocodilian Sarcosuchus in the early Cretaceous of Brazil and Niger

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BUFFETAUT, E., TAQUET, P. 1977. The giant crocodilian Sarcosuchus in the early Cretaceous of Brazil and Niger. Palaeontology, 20, 1, 203–208.

E. Buffetaut and P. Taquet Re-examination of crocodilian remains previously referred to Goniopholis, from the lower Cretaceous of the Bahia basin (Brazil), shows they really belong to the genus Sarcosuchus (Mesosuchia, Pholidosauridae), formerly known from the Aptian of the Sahara. Resemblances between early Cretaceous African and South American vertebrate faunas anterior to the opening of the South Atlantic Ocean are stressed. The Palaeontological Association (Free Access)