Fortignathus
Extinct genus of crocodylomorph
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Fortignathus is an extinct genus of dyrosaurid[1] or itasuchid[2] crocodylomorph known from the Late Cretaceous Echkar Formation in Niger. It contains a single species, Fortignathus felixi, which was originally named as a species of Elosuchus in 2002.[1][3]
| Fortignathus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, ~ | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Clade: | †Notosuchia |
| Family: | †Itasuchidae |
| Genus: | †Fortignathus Young et al., 2016 |
| Species: | †F. felixi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Fortignathus felixi (de Lapparent de Broin, 2002) | |
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