Dorbignysuchus, Jouve & Muizon & Cespedes-Paz & Sossa-Soruco & Knoll, 2021

Jouve, Stéphane, Muizon, Christian De, Cespedes-Paz, Ricardo, Sossa-Soruco, Víctor & Knoll, Stephane, 2021, The longirostrine crocodyliforms from Bolivia and their evolution through the Cretaceous-Palaeogene boundary, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 192, pp. 475-509 : 489

DORBIGNYSUCHUS GEN. NOV.

( FIGS 13–15)

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Etymology

Named in honor of French naturalist Alcide Charles Victor Marie Dessalines d’Orbigny (6 September 1802 to 30 June 1857), Professor of Palaeontology at the Paris Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle , who explored South America , including Bolivia, during the 19 th century. The suffix - suchus is derived from the Ancient Greek name Σοῦχος, used for the Egyptian crocodile god Sobek .

Diagnosis

As for the only known species.