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- Title
A new horned crocodile from the Plio-Pleistocene hominid sites at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania.
- Authors
Brochu, Christopher A; Njau, Jackson; Blumenschine, Robert J; Densmore, Llewellyn D
- Abstract
The fossil record reveals surprising crocodile diversity in the Neogene of Africa, but relationships with their living relatives and the biogeographic origins of the modern African crocodylian fauna are poorly understood. A Plio-Pleistocene crocodile from Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, represents a new extinct species and shows that high crocodylian diversity in Africa persisted after the Miocene. It had prominent triangular "horns" over the ears and a relatively deep snout, these resemble those of the recently extinct Malagasy crocodile Voay robustus, but the new species lacks features found among osteolaemines and shares derived similarities with living species of Crocodylus.
- Publication
PloS one, 2010, Vol 5, Issue 2, pe9333
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0009333