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Mandrasuchus milleri

Extinct crocodilian species from the early Paleocene of Colorado, roughly 2 metres long, with a short broad snout and blunt crushing back teeth, classified in the alligatorine subfamily.

Known aliases

Mandrasuchus
M. milleri

Relationships

No evidence-backed relationships are recorded.

Current clusters

science1 publisher

Pollen and volcanic ash date a new alligator ancestor to 350,000 years after the impact

A crocodilian named Mandrasuchus milleri, from Corral Bluffs in Colorado, is now the earliest known animal on the alligator branch. Everything known about how abundant it was comes from that one site.

Publishers:newscientist.com

Reality

Evidence68
Adoption: Insufficient
Hype gap+12
Incentives45
Confidence62