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Kaprosuchus
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Kaprosuchus

Kaprosuchus saharicus

Era: CretaceousDiet: CarnivorousPeriod: Late Cretaceous

Kaprosuchus is an extinct genus of mahajangasuchid crocodyliform. It is known from a single nearly complete skull collected from the Upper Cretaceous Echkar Formation of Niger. The name means "boar crocodile" from the Greek κάπρος, kapros ("boar") and σοῦχος, soukhos ("crocodile") in reference to its unusually large caniniform teeth which resemble those of a boar