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ORTHOSUCHUS STROMBERGI [1 record]

Record 1 1980-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
  • Reptiles and Amphibians
CONT

Long-legged protosuchians appear in a reconstructed Upper Triassic setting. They are the armored species Orthosichus stormbergi, from fossil beds of that age in Lesotho in southern Africa ... Some 60 centimeters long, [the crocodilian) must have been an efficient terrestrial carnivore but was even adapting to an aquatic life.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
  • Reptiles et amphibiens
CONT

Deux protosuchiens aux longs membres évoluent dans ce paysage du Trias supérieur. Il s'agit de l'espèce Orthosuchus stormbergi, provenant du Lesotho, dans le Sud de l'Afrique [...] [Ce crocodilien], long d'environ 60 centimètres, devait être un carnivore terrestre, mais montrait un début d'adaptation à la vie aquatique.

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