• Mahajangasuchus was a medium to large sized crocodylomorph, characterized by a strongly arched jugal, depressions beneath the orbit, a broad platyrostral snout, a massive choanal septum, a broad and rounded anterior edge of the dentary, ziphodont teeth and short mandibular symphysis, reaching posteriorly only to the posterior margin of the 2nd alveolous, superficially resembling the Cenozoic caiman Mourasuchus. (wikipedia.org)
  • The fused mandibular symphysis might indicate a relation with the Marginocephalia. (wikipedia.org)
  • Data from these scans provide new anatomical information, such as the presence of branching vascular canals within the premaxilla and dentary, and an undescribed dorsal (quadrate) wing of the pterygoid hidden within matrix. (peerj.com)
  • Mahajangasuchus is an extinct genus of crocodyliform which had blunt, conical teeth. (wikipedia.org)
  • teeth conical, slightly curved. (nct4g.org)
  • The maxilla of Mahajangasuchus are very low in lateral view, appearing almost flat, and are heavily sculpted. (wikipedia.org)
  • Dentary teeth in lateral and mesial series. (nct4g.org)
  • However, they also noticed more derived euornithopod traits, such as the form of the greater and anterior trochanter of the thighbone, although the premaxilla not reaching the lacrimal, the high jaw joint and the premaxilla being on the same level as the maxilla, were again basal traits. (wikipedia.org)
  • Premaxilla narrow, widest point of premaxillary body 12-14 % in premaxillary length. (nct4g.org)
  • Very basal ornithischian traits included the presence of six teeth in the premaxilla with only a short toothless sector in front and a short hiatus with the maxillary teeth. (wikipedia.org)
  • The deeply inset ventral margin in the maxilla suggests fleshy cheeks may have been present. (wikipedia.org)