Fortignathus

Fortignathus is an extinct genus of dyrosaurid^[1] or peirosaurid^[2] crocodylomorph known from the Late Cretaceous Echkar Formation in Niger. It contains a single species, Fortignathus felixi, which was originally named as a species of Elosuchus in 2002.^[1][3]

Fortignathus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, ~100–95 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Archosauria
Clade:	Pseudosuchia
Clade:	Crocodylomorpha
Clade:	†Notosuchia
Clade:	†Sebecosuchia
Clade:	†Sebecia
Family:	†Peirosauridae
Genus:	†Fortignathus Young et al., 2016
Species:	†F. felixi
Binomial name
†Fortignathus felixi (de Lapparent de Broin, 2002)
Synonyms
Elosuchus felixi de Lapparent de Broin, 2002