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Scolomastax

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Scolomastax
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian
Scientific classification Edit this 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
Binomial name
Scolomastax sahlsteini
Noto et al. 2019

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]

References

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  1. ^ 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.