Pabwehshi(meaning "Pab [Formation] beast [" wehshi "inUrdu] ") is anextinctgenusofmesoeucrocodylian.It isbased onGSP-UM 2000, a partial snout and corresponding lower jaw elements, with another snout assigned to it. These specimens were found inMaastrichtian-ageUpper Cretaceousrocks of theVitakriandPab FormationsinBalochistan,Pakistan,and represent the first diagnostic crocodyliformfossilsfrom Cretaceous rocks ofSouth Asia.Pabwehshihad serrated interlocking teeth in its snout that formed a "zig-zag" cutting edge.Pabwehshiwas named in 2001 byJeffrey A. Wilsonand colleagues. Thetype speciesisP. pakistanensis,in reference to the nation where it was found.[1]It was traditionally classified as abaurusuchidclosely related toCynodontosuchusandBaurusuchus.[1][2][3][4][5][6]Larsson and Sues (2007) found close affinity betweenPabwehshiand thePeirosauridaewithinSebecia.[7]Montefeltroet al.Pabwehshihas a sagittal torus on its maxillary palatal shelves – a character that is absent in baurusuchids – but they did not includePabwehshiin their phylogenetic analysis.[8]
^abWilson, Jeffrey A.; Malkani, M. Sadiq; Gingerich, Philip D. (2001). "New crocodyliform (Reptilia, Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Upper Cretaceous Pab Formation of Vitakri, Balochistan (Pakistan)".Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan.30(12): 321–336.
^Turner, A.H.; Calvo, J.O. (2005). "A new sebecosuchian crocodyliform from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia".Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.25(1): 87–98.doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0087:ANSCFT]2.0.CO;2.
^Turner, A.H.; Sertich, J.W. (2010). "Phylogenetic history ofSimosuchus clarki(Crocodyliformes: Notosuchia) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar ".Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.30(6, Memoir 10): 177–236.doi:10.1080/02724634.2010.532348.S2CID86737170.
