#pakasuchus

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Archovember Day 17: Pakasuchus kapilimai

Pakasuchus (or “Cat Croc”) is another small terrestrial notosuchian from mid-Cretaceous Africa, this time from Tanzania. It was only around 20 inches long, and unique in its strange mammal-like appearance. It had heterodont teeth, a catlike skull, a doglike nose, and reduced osteoderms. In fact, Pakasuchus is so confusingly mammal-like, that paleontologist Greg Buckley says that if only its isolated molars had been found, they would have assumed it was a mammal!

Pakasuchus kapilimai, a notosuchian crocodyliform from the mid-Cretaceous of Tanzania (~105 mya). This 50cm long animal (1′8″) had an elongated body and relatively long limbs, and would have been an active terrestrial predator chasing after fast-moving small prey like insects.

The bony osteoderms on its body were much smaller and sparser than those found on most of its relatives -- except for its tail, which was still heavily armored.

It also had some of the most complex teeth of all known crocodilians, with surprisingly mammal-like ‘canines’ and ‘molars’ that gave it the ability to chew its food.