Ahdeskatanka
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| Ahdeskatanka Temporal range: Early Eocene
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| Genus: | Ahdeskatanka Cossette & Tarailo, 2024
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| Ahdeskatanka russlanddeutsche Cossette & Tarailo, 2024
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Ahdeskatanka is an extinct genus of alligator from the Early Eocene Golden Valley Formation of North Dakota, USA. Ahdeskatanka had a short and rounded snout with globular teeth well-suited for crushing hard-shelled prey, though its exact ecology is not known. Ahdeskatanka inhabited the vast wetlands that covered much of western North Dakota during the Early Eocene Climatic Optimum, an environment it shared with at least three other crocodilians. Only a single species is placed in this genus, Ahdeskatanka russlanddeutsche.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Cossette, A. P.; Tarailo, D. A. (2024). "Crocodylian diversity during the early Eocene climatic optimum in the Golden Valley Formation of North Dakota, U.S.A.". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. e2403579. doi:10.1080/02724634.2024.2403579 (inactive 2024-10-08).
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