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Aigialosuchus is a extinct genus of long-snouted crocodylomorph that lived in what is now Sweden during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous period. The name Aigialosuchus comes from the Greek αἰγιαλός (aigialos), meaning "seashore", and σοῦχος (souchus), meaning "crocodile". The genus contains a single species, A. villandensis, described in 1959 by Per Ove Persson based on material recovered from the Kristianstad Basin in southern Sweden.

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  • Aigialosuchus is a extinct genus of long-snouted crocodylomorph that lived in what is now Sweden during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous period. The name Aigialosuchus comes from the Greek αἰγιαλός (aigialos), meaning "seashore", and σοῦχος (souchus), meaning "crocodile". The genus contains a single species, A. villandensis, described in 1959 by Per Ove Persson based on material recovered from the Kristianstad Basin in southern Sweden. The known fossil material of Aigialosuchus consists of a partial skull and isolated teeth from southern Sweden, with possible additional teeth found on Zealand in Denmark. The fragmentary nature of these remains means that the precise classification of the genus remains uncertain. Though typically classified as an eusuchian, since 2016 it has been repeatedly placed within the more basal family Dyrosauridae. In the Cretaceous, southern Scandinavia was covered by shallow sea and the Ivö Klack site within the Kristianstad Basin, where most of the fossils referred to Aigialosuchus have been found, was a small and rocky island. Many other dyrosaurids were marine, a lifestyle possibly shared by Aigialosuchus since its fossils have been discovered in marine deposits. Its teeth were short and stout, possibly an adaptation towards feeding on large fish and invertebrates. (en)
  • Aigialosuchus – wymarły przedstawiciel krokodyli. Żył w późnej kredzie. Skamieniałości znaleziono w Szwecji. (pl)
  • Aigialosuchus är ett utdött släkte krokodildjur med endast en känd art, Aigialosuchus villandensis, vars kvarlevor har hittats i form av isolerade tänder i den geologiska formation som kallas Kristianstadsbassängen i Skåne, Sverige. Tillsammans med liknande analyser på mosasaurier som hittats i formationen (bland annat Tylosaurus och Platecarpus) så har tänder från Aigialosaurus spelat stor roll i forskningen på tillväxtringar i tänderna på utdöda djur, ett fenomen som upptäcktes redan under 1800-talet och som liknar det man ser i årsringarna hos träd. Dessa tillväxtringar kunde visa på att Aigialosaurus tandersättning fungerade ungefär som hos moderna krokodildjur. (sv)
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  • Persson, 1959 (en)
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  • (Possible Early Paleocene record) (en)
  • Early Campanian (en)
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  • Aigialosuchus (en)
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  • Teeth attributed to Aigialosuchus sp. found in the Kristianstad Basin (en)
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  • Persson, 1959 (en)
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  • villandensis (en)
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  • Aigialosuchus – wymarły przedstawiciel krokodyli. Żył w późnej kredzie. Skamieniałości znaleziono w Szwecji. (pl)
  • Aigialosuchus är ett utdött släkte krokodildjur med endast en känd art, Aigialosuchus villandensis, vars kvarlevor har hittats i form av isolerade tänder i den geologiska formation som kallas Kristianstadsbassängen i Skåne, Sverige. Tillsammans med liknande analyser på mosasaurier som hittats i formationen (bland annat Tylosaurus och Platecarpus) så har tänder från Aigialosaurus spelat stor roll i forskningen på tillväxtringar i tänderna på utdöda djur, ett fenomen som upptäcktes redan under 1800-talet och som liknar det man ser i årsringarna hos träd. Dessa tillväxtringar kunde visa på att Aigialosaurus tandersättning fungerade ungefär som hos moderna krokodildjur. (sv)
  • Aigialosuchus is a extinct genus of long-snouted crocodylomorph that lived in what is now Sweden during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous period. The name Aigialosuchus comes from the Greek αἰγιαλός (aigialos), meaning "seashore", and σοῦχος (souchus), meaning "crocodile". The genus contains a single species, A. villandensis, described in 1959 by Per Ove Persson based on material recovered from the Kristianstad Basin in southern Sweden. (en)
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  • Aigialosuchus (en)
  • Aigialosuchus (pl)
  • Aigialosuchus (sv)
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