Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, ~Santonian–Campanian
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Notosuchian teeth from Coniacian Italy and Maastrichtian Romania are sometimes referred to Doratodon
Holotype mandible of D. carcharidens (specimen PIUW 2349/57)
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Reptilia
Clade:
Archosauria
Clade:
Pseudosuchia
Clade:
Crocodylomorpha
Clade:
Crocodyliformes
Clade:
†Notosuchia
Clade:
†Ziphosuchia
Genus:
†Doratodon Seeley, 1881
Type species
†Doratodon carcharidens
(Bunzel, 1871)
Other species
†D. ibericus Company et al., 2005
Synonyms
Crocodilus carcharidens Bunzel, 1871
Diratodon von Huene, 1909 (sic)
Dorathodon Wellnhofer, 1980 (sic)
Rhadinosaurus alcimus? Seeley, 1881
Doratodon is an extinct genus of Late Cretaceous crocodylomorph that may have been a member of the Sebecosuchia. Doratodon was a relatively small animal with ziphodont teeth, meaning the teeth had flattened sides and serrated edges. Two species of Doratodon are known to science: D. carcharidens from Austria (Grünbach Formation) and Hungary (Csehbánya Formation), the type species; and D. ibericus from Spain (Sierra Perenchiza Formation). Teeth similar to those of Doratodon are also known from Italy and Romania, though they cannot be confidently assigned to this genus.
Due to its relationship with crocodylomorphs native to Gondwana, Doratodon is considered to be an important indicator for the repeated faunal interchange between Europe and Africa during the Cretaceous. It was a cosmopolitan genus widespread throughout the islands that formed Europe during its time.
Doratodon is an extinct genus of Late Cretaceous crocodylomorph that may have been a member of the Sebecosuchia. Doratodon was a relatively small animal...
Heptasteornis. Crocodilian remains, belonging to the genera Allodaposuchus, Doratodon, and Acynodon have also been found. Non-archosaurian components include...
X.A.; Ruiz-Omeñaca, J.I.; Buscalioni, A.D. (2005). "A new species of Doratodon (Crocodyliformes: Ziphosuchia) from the Late Cretaceous of Spain" (PDF)...
nudum, synonym of Arackar Dongbeititan Dongyangopelta Dongyangosaurus Doratodon – subsequently found to be a crocodilian Dornraptor Doryphorosaurus –...
yet been referred to a specific genus and the crocodylomorphs Acynodon, Doratodon ibericus and Musturzabalsuchus are also known from this formation. List...
to older, Cretaceous sebecids native to Europe such as Ogresuchus and Doratodon, however both of which are equally poorly understood. Another hypothesis...
X.P.; Ruiz-Omenaca, J.I.; Buscalioni, A.D. (2005). "A new species of Doratodon (Crocodyliformes: Ziphosuchia) from the Late Cretaceous of Spain" (PDF)...
within Sebecosuchia, Wanosuchidae. It shares some characteristics with Doratodon, a crocodyliform from the Late Cretaceous of Europe. Zhang Fakui (1981)...
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