埃羅鱷

埃羅鱷屬; 化石时期：森诺曼阶 PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
	埃羅鱷的想像圖
科学分类
界：	动物界 Animalia
门：	脊索动物门 Chordata
纲：	爬行綱 Reptilia
科：	†埃罗鳄科 Elosuchidae
属：	†埃罗鳄属 Elosuchus; de Broin, 2002
種
	S. cherifiensis (Lavocat, 1955) de Broin, 2002; E. broinae Meunier & Larsson, 2016;

埃羅鱷（學名：Elosuchus）是鱷形超目新鱷類的一屬，化石發現於摩洛哥、阿爾及利亞、尼日，生存年代為白堊紀晚期。埃羅鱷具有長口鼻部，類似長吻鱷，可能是完全水生的動物。

埃羅鱷包含兩個種：E. cherifiensis分布於摩洛哥、阿爾及利亞，原本是胸甲鱷（Thoracosaurus）的一個種^[2]；第二個種E. felixi則分布於尼日。埃羅鱷是在2002年建立，從胸甲鱷獨立出來^[3]。

在2002年，研究人員建立埃羅鱷科，包含埃羅鱷、索托鱷（Stolokrosuchus），索托鱷的化石也發現於尼日^[4]。近年種系發生學分析顯示索托鱷是種原始新鱷類，是埃羅鱷的遠親^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]。某些研究則認為大頭鱷科演化支包含埃羅鱷^[7]；某些研究則認為埃羅鱷屬於大頭鱷科、森林鱷科的演化支，跟帝鱷是近親^[6]^[8]。

參考資料

^ Louise M. V. Meunier; Hans C. E. Larsson. Revision and phylogenetic affinities of Elosuchus (Crocodyliformes). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 2016, 179 (1): 169–200. doi:10.1111/zoj.12448.
^ Lavocat, R., 1955, Decouverte d'un Crocodilien du genre Thoracosaurus dans le Cretace Superiuer d'Afrique: Bulletin du Museum National d'Historie Naturelle, Paris, v. 2, n. 27, p. 338-340.
^ de Broin, F. de L., 2002, Elosuchus, a new genus of crocodile from the Lower Cretaceous of the North of Africa: C. R. Palevol, v. 1, p. 275-285.
^ Larrson, H. C. E., and Gado, B., 2000, A new early Cretaceous crocodyliform from Niger: Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, v. 217, n. 1, p. 131-141.
^ Turner, Alan H.; and Sertich, Joseph J. W. Phylogenetic history of Simosuchus clarki (Crocodyliformes: Notosuchia) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 2010, 30 (6, Memoir 10): 177–236. doi:10.1080/02724634.2010.532348.
^ ^6.0 ^6.1 Marco Brandalise de Andrade, Richard Edmonds, Michael J. Benton and Remmert Schouten. A new Berriasian species of Goniopholis (Mesoeucrocodylia, Neosuchia) from England, and a review of the genus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 2011, 163 (s1): S66–S108 [2012-06-20]. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00709.x. （原始内容存档于2017-09-04）.
^ ^7.0 ^7.1 Daniel Fortier, Daniel Perea and Cesar Schultz. Redescription and phylogenetic relationships of Meridiosaurus vallisparadisi, a pholidosaurid from the Late Jurassic of Uruguay. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 2011, 163 (s1): S66–S108 [2012-06-20]. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00709.x. （原始内容存档于2017-09-25）.
^ ^8.0 ^8.1 Bronzati, M.; Montefeltro, F. C.; Langer, M. C. (2012). "A species-level supertree of Crocodyliformes". Historical Biology: 1. doi:10.1080/08912963.2012.662680

[1] Louise M. V. Meunier; Hans C. E. Larsson. Revision and phylogenetic affinities of Elosuchus (Crocodyliformes). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 2016, 179 (1): 169–200. doi:10.1111/zoj.12448.

[2] Lavocat, R., 1955, Decouverte d'un Crocodilien du genre Thoracosaurus dans le Cretace Superiuer d'Afrique: Bulletin du Museum National d'Historie Naturelle, Paris, v. 2, n. 27, p. 338-340.

[3] Broin, F. de L., 2002, Elosuchus, a new genus of crocodile from the Lower Cretaceous of the North of Africa: C. R. Palevol, v. 1, p. 275-285.

[4] Larrson, H. C. E., and Gado, B., 2000, A new early Cretaceous crocodyliform from Niger: Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, v. 217, n. 1, p. 131-141.

[TS10-5] Turner, Alan H.; and Sertich, Joseph J. W. Phylogenetic history of Simosuchus clarki (Crocodyliformes: Notosuchia) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 2010, 30 (6, Memoir 10): 177–236. doi:10.1080/02724634.2010.532348.

[G.kiplingi-6] 6.0 ^6.1 Marco Brandalise de Andrade, Richard Edmonds, Michael J. Benton and Remmert Schouten. A new Berriasian species of Goniopholis (Mesoeucrocodylia, Neosuchia) from England, and a review of the genus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 2011, 163 (s1): S66–S108 [2012-06-20]. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00709.x. （原始内容存档于2017-09-04）.

[Meridiosaurus-7] 7.0 ^7.1 Daniel Fortier, Daniel Perea and Cesar Schultz. Redescription and phylogenetic relationships of Meridiosaurus vallisparadisi, a pholidosaurid from the Late Jurassic of Uruguay. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 2011, 163 (s1): S66–S108 [2012-06-20]. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00709.x. （原始内容存档于2017-09-25）.

[BML12-8] 8.0 ^8.1 Bronzati, M.; Montefeltro, F. C.; Langer, M. C. (2012). "A species-level supertree of Crocodyliformes". Historical Biology: 1. doi:10.1080/08912963.2012.662680

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