Deltasuchus

Deltasuchus; Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 96 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Skull diagram of a subadult and adult individuals
	Size comparison
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Pseudosuchia
Clade:	Crocodylomorpha
Clade:	Neosuchia
Genus:	†Deltasuchus; Adams et al., 2017
Type species
	Deltasuchus motherali; Adams et al., 2017

Deltasuchus ("delta crocodile") is a genus of neosuchian crocodyliform from the Late Cretaceous of Texas, specifically in the Woodbine Formation, which was a part of the Appalachian continent during the Cretaceous. It is known from one species, D. motherali, named in 2017 by Stephanie Drumheller, Thomas Adams and Christopher Noto. It was a large crocodyliform with an estimated total body length of more than 5 metres (16 ft). In 2021, new material was described, allowing Deltasuchus to be placed within the family Paluxysuchidae as the sister taxon to Paluxysuchus, and it was highligted that juveniles possessed a slenderer snout, indicating an ontogenetic broadening of the skull as the animal grew. It possessed a pair of enlarged canine-like teeth on each side of the lower jaw (corresponding to the 3rd and 4th tooth of each dentary).

References

1 2 Adams, T.L.; Noto, C.R.; Drumheller, S. (2017). "A large neosuchian crocodyliform from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Woodbine Formation of North Texas". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 37 (4) e1349776. doi:10.1080/02724634.2017.1349776. S2CID 133647239.
↑ Drumheller, S. K.; Adams, T. L.; Maddox, H.; Noto, C. R. (2021). Expanded Sampling Across Ontogeny in Deltasuchus motherali (Neosuchia, Crocodyliformes). Revealing Ecomorphological Niche Partitioning and Appalachian Endemism in Cenomanian Crocodyliforms. Elements of Paleontology. pp. 1–67. doi:10.1017/9781009042024. ISBN 978-1-009-04202-4. S2CID 235524076.

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[Deltasuchdesc-1] 1 2 Adams, T.L.; Noto, C.R.; Drumheller, S. (2017). "A large neosuchian crocodyliform from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Woodbine Formation of North Texas". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 37 (4) e1349776. doi:10.1080/02724634.2017.1349776. S2CID 133647239.

[2] Drumheller, S. K.; Adams, T. L.; Maddox, H.; Noto, C. R. (2021). Expanded Sampling Across Ontogeny in Deltasuchus motherali (Neosuchia, Crocodyliformes). Revealing Ecomorphological Niche Partitioning and Appalachian Endemism in Cenomanian Crocodyliforms. Elements of Paleontology. pp. 1–67. doi:10.1017/9781009042024. ISBN 978-1-009-04202-4. S2CID 235524076.