New fossils of the giant pholidosaurid genus Sarcosuchus from the Early Cretaceous of Tunisia

Sarcosuchus would have prospered in a flood dominated river-delta system that characterized the Tethyan margin of Gondwana by the end of the Lower Cretaceous. The abundant remains of diverse fish taxa including actinopterygians, sarcopterygians and chondrichthyans are indicative of a productive ecosystem, and further suggest that the diet of the Tunisian taxon included large bodied fish. This discovery provides a substantial addition to the extremely poor record of the North African crocodylomorphs with new insights into their palaeobiogeographic distribution, palaeoecology and extinction.