TY - JOUR
T1 - New specimens of Crocodylus pigotti (Crocodylidae) from Rusinga Island, Kenya, and generic reallocation of the species
AU - Conrad, Jack L.
AU - Jenkins, Kirsten
AU - Lehmann, Thomas
AU - Manthi, Fredrick K.
AU - Peppe, Daniel J.
AU - Nightingale, Sheila
AU - Cossette, Adam
AU - Dunsworth, Holly M.
AU - Harcourt-Smith, William E.H.
AU - Mcnulty, Kieran P.
PY - 2013/5/1
Y1 - 2013/5/1
N2 - Crocodylus pigotti is a relatively small crocodylid from the Miocene of Rusinga Island in Lake Victoria, Kenya. Known only from one relatively complete skull and limited, fragmentary, referred material, Crocodylus pigotti lacks a detailed description. Moreover, recent analyses have shown Crocodylus pigotti to be an osteolaemine crocodylid, more closely related to the extant dwarf crocodiles (Osteolaemus) than to true Crocodylus. Here, we describe numerous new remains of Crocodylus pigotti recovered from localities within the Fossil Bed Member of the Hiwegi Formation at Kaswanga Point, Rusinga Island. We recovered parts of several individuals and report on previously unknown parts of the anatomy, provide an updated phylogenetic analysis, and reallocate the species Crocodylus pigotti to a new genus, Brochuchus. SUPPLEMENTAL DATA - Supplemental materials are available for this article for free at www.tandfonline.com/UJVP
AB - Crocodylus pigotti is a relatively small crocodylid from the Miocene of Rusinga Island in Lake Victoria, Kenya. Known only from one relatively complete skull and limited, fragmentary, referred material, Crocodylus pigotti lacks a detailed description. Moreover, recent analyses have shown Crocodylus pigotti to be an osteolaemine crocodylid, more closely related to the extant dwarf crocodiles (Osteolaemus) than to true Crocodylus. Here, we describe numerous new remains of Crocodylus pigotti recovered from localities within the Fossil Bed Member of the Hiwegi Formation at Kaswanga Point, Rusinga Island. We recovered parts of several individuals and report on previously unknown parts of the anatomy, provide an updated phylogenetic analysis, and reallocate the species Crocodylus pigotti to a new genus, Brochuchus. SUPPLEMENTAL DATA - Supplemental materials are available for this article for free at www.tandfonline.com/UJVP
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U2 - 10.1080/02724634.2013.743404
DO - 10.1080/02724634.2013.743404
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84878310912
SN - 0272-4634
VL - 33
SP - 629
EP - 646
JO - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
JF - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
IS - 3
ER -