Bernissartia ('of Bernissart') is an extinct genus of neosuchian crocodyliform that lived in the Early Cretaceous, around 130 million years ago.
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At only 60 centimetres (2.0 ft) in length, Bernissartia is one of the smallest crocodyliforms that ever lived.[2] It resembled modern species in many respects, and was probably semi-aquatic. It had long, pointed teeth at the front of the jaws that would have been of use in catching fish, but broad and flat teeth at the back of its jaws that were suited for crushing hard food, such as shellfish, and possibly bones.[3]
It is known primarily from skulls and skeletons found in the Sainte-Barbe Clays Formation of Belgium and the Camarillas Formation of Spain. Less complete material has been referred to Bernissartia from the United Kingdom and North America.[2]
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^ abJeremy E. Martin, Thierry Smith, Céline Salaviale, Jerôme Adrien & Massimo Delfino (2020). "Virtual reconstruction of the skull of Bernissartia fagesii and current understanding of the neosuchian-eusuchian transition" (PDF). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 18 (13): 1079–1101. doi:10.1080/14772019.2020.1731722. ISSN 1477-2019. S2CID 216464226.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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Bernissartia ('of Bernissart') is an extinct genus of neosuchian crocodyliform that lived in the Early Cretaceous, around 130 million years ago. At only...
length. Some extinct crocodylomorphs were even smaller. Fully grown Bernissartia from the Early Cretaceous reached a bit more than 60 cm (24 in) in length...
the ray-finned fish Gyronchus dumblei, the crocodilians Goniopholis, Bernissartia, and Paluxysuchus, and the turtles Glyptops and Naomichelys. Possible...
and further sister groups to one another, with Hylaeochampsidae and Bernissartia appearing to have been more closely related to them than to today's crocodilians...
remains of plants, fish, and other reptiles, including the crocodyliform Bernissartia. Between 1889 and 1891, the museum moved from its original home at the...
England, Tunisia and the United States. It currently contains two genera, Bernissartia from the Barremian aged Sainte-Barbe Clays of Belgium and Koumpiodontosuchus...
it does not include Alligator mississippiensis (American alligator), Bernissartia fagesii, Crocodylus niloticus (Nile crocodile), Gavialis gangeticus (gharial)...
remains of plants, fish, and other reptiles, including the crocodyliform Bernissartia. The science of conserving fossil remains was in its infancy, and new...
all taxa more closely related to the family Pholidosauridae than to Bernissartia fagesii or Eusuchia. Martin et al. (2014) named the clade after finding...
Atokasaurus metarsiodon and Ptilotodon wilsoni, the crurotarsan reptile Bernissartia, the cartilaginous fish Hybodus buderi and Lissodus anitae, the ray-finned...
remains of plants, fish, and other reptiles, including the crocodyliform Bernissartia. The sediments are considered to belong to the Sainte-Barbe Clays Formation...
Atokasaurus metarsiodon and Ptilotodon wilsoni, the crurotarsan reptile Bernissartia, the cartilaginous fish Hybodus buderi and Lissodus anitae, the ray-finned...
London 1854:1-54 E. Buffetaut and R. L. E. Ford. 1979. The crocodilian Bernissartia in the Wealden of the Isle of Wight . Palaeontology 22(4):905-912 Lomax...
coastal environment of the Tendaguru Formation, crocodyliformes, such as Bernissartia, amphibians, including an unnamed lissamphibian, and sharks are also...
(Barremian) Wessex Formation United Kingdom A crocodyliform related to Bernissartia. The type species is Koumpiodontosuchus aprosdokiti. Kuttanacaiman Gen...
Crocodiles are also present but their remains are fragmentary. They include Bernissartia, an unnamed atoposaurid, and unnamed pholidosaurid. At least one fragment...
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