Aegisuchus [SEP] parent taxon
Aegisuchus
Aegisuchus is an extinct genus of giant, flat-headed crocodyliform within the family Aegyptosuchidae. It existed in what is now Morocco during the Cenomanian age of the Late Cretaceous Epoch. The type species "Aegisuchus witmeri" was named in 2012 by paleontologists Casey Holliday and Nicholas Gardner, who nicknamed it "Shieldcroc" for the shield-like shape of its skull. "A. witmeri" is known from a single partial skull including the braincase and skull roof.
Description.
"Aegisuchus" is known only from
relative of crocodilians, "Aegisuchus" likely had similar mating rituals.
Description Musculature.
The flattened shape of the skull of "Aegisuchus" suggests that it was an ambush predator resting at the surface of the water. Although only the back of the skull is known, other characteristics can be inferred from the closely related "Aegyptosuchus". "Aegisuchus" probably had eyes that faced directly upward, with no raised ridges surrounding the sockets. A strut of bone called the postorbital bar, which in most crocodilians is vertically oriented