Manracosuchus is an extinct genus of dubious crocodylian known from the Early-Middle Eocene Obaylin Formation of Kazakhstan.
Taxonomy The type species of Manracosuchus, M. isolatus, is known from a fragment of the lower jaw, isolated teeth, scute fragments, and a post-symphysial part of a right dentary.Efimov, M. B., 1984, Fossil crocodiles for Zajsan Hollow: In Gabuniya E. K. editor. Folora and Fauna of Zajsan Hollow, Metsniereha, Tbilisi, p. 67-76. It was subsequently referred to Allognathosuchus by Efimov (1986), but was later restored to its original binomial by Efimov (1993).Efimov M.B. 1993. The Eocene crocodiles of the GUS – a history of development // Kaupia. Hf. 3. P. 23–25. A 2015 overview of extinct crocodyliforms from the former Soviet Union and adjacent countries treated Manracosuchus as a nomen dubium referable to Crocodylia incertae sedis.
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