Doratodon
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Doratodon is an extinct genus of Late Cretaceous crocodylomorph. Doratodon was a relatively small animal with ziphodont teeth, meaning the teeth had flattened sides and serrated edges. Two species of
Comparable Doratodon material on scale with interpretative in vivo profiles from Muscioni et al., 2025. A, Doratodon ibericus MGUV 3201 (left dentary), modified from Company et al. (2005). B, Doratodon carcharidens IPUW 2349/57 (left hemimandible), modified from Rabi and Sebők (2015). C, D. carcharidens MTM PAL 2014.122.1 (right premaxilla), MTM PAL 2013.65.1 (left maxilla), MTM V 2010.237.1 (left posterior dentary), and MTM PAL 2013.66.1 (right anterior dentary), modified from Rabi and Sebők (2015). D,
Fossils of various animals that coexisted with Doratodon
During the Late Cretaceous Europe was largely spit into a series of islands.
Ziphosuchia
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Ziphosuchia is a clade of mesoeucrocodylian crocodyliforms that includes notosuchians and sebecosuchians.
Doratodon
…relationship between the genus and sebecosuchians. Company et al. (2005) for instance found Doratodon as the sistertaxon to Sebecosuchia as shown below. Ziphosuchia Notosuchus Libycosuchus Doratodon Sebecosuchia Baurusuchus Iberosuchus Bergisuchus Sebecidae Sebecus Itaborai Crocodyliform Bretesuchus Increased…
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