Libycosuchus is an extinct genus of North African crocodylomorph possibly related to Notosuchus;[1][2] it is part of the monotypic Libycosuchidae[3] and Libycosuchinae.[4] It was terrestrial, living approximately 95 million years ago in the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous. Fossil remains have been found in the Bahariya Formation in Egypt,[5] making it contemporaneous with the crocodilian Stomatosuchus, and dinosaurs, including Spinosaurus.[1] It was one of the few fossils discovered by Ernst Stromer that wasn't destroyed by the Royal Air Force during the bombing of Munich in 1944.[6] The type species, L. brevirostis, was named in 1914[7] and described in 1915.[5]
Libycosuchus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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Family: | †Libycosuchidae Stromer, 1933
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Subfamily: | †Libycosuchinae Nopsca, 1928
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Genus: | †Libycosuchus Stromer, 1914
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†Libycosuchus brevirostris Stromer, 1914
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