Genus: Adamantinasuchus NOBRE & CARVALHO,
2006
Etymology: In reference to the lithostratigraphic unit where the type material
was collected, the Adamantina Formation from the Bauru Basin, Upper Cretacoeus,
Brazil, and Greek, souchos, "crocodile."
Species: navae NOBRE & CARVALHO, 2006
Etymology: In honor
of William Roberto Nava, who collected the type material in the municipality
of Marilia, Sao Paulo State, Brazil.
Holotype: UFRJ-DG 107-R
Locality: 25 km SW from the municipality of Marilia, near the reservoir dam that is used as water supply that city, 22°18'45.6"S, 50°01'48.8"W, Sao Paulo State, Brasil.
Horizon: Adamantina Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Turonian Stage, Uppermost Gallic Subepoch-Santonian Stage, Lower Senonian Subepoch, Lower Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material: Nearly complete skull and dentary.
Adamantinasuchus navae (after Nobre & Carvalho, 2006).