Uruguaysuchus
Extinct genus of reptiles
| Uruguaysuchus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, Campanian–Maastrichtian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauria |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
| Clade: | †Notosuchia |
| Family: | †Uruguaysuchidae |
| Genus: | †Uruguaysuchus Rusconi, 1933 |
| Type species | |
| †Uruguaysuchus aznarezi Rusconi, 1933 | |
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Uruguaysuchus is an extinct genus of crocodyliforms from the Late Cretaceous Guichón Formation of Uruguay.[2][3][4] It was related to Simosuchus and Malawisuchus.[5] It was of small to moderate size reaching an estimated length of 120 centimetres (3.9 ft).[6]
References
Paleontology portal
Uruguay portal
- ^ Fossilworks taxon 192418
- ^ A Pictorial Guide to Fossils by Gerard Ramon Case
- ^ The Osteology of the Reptiles by Alfred Sherwood Romer
- ^ Dinosaur Eggs and Babies by Kenneth Carpenter, Karl F. Hirsch, and John R. Horner
- ^ Turner, Alan H. (2004). "Crocodyliform biogeography during the Cretaceous: evidence of Gondwanan vicariance from biogeographical analysis". Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 271 (1552): 2003–2009. doi:10.1098/rspb.2004.2840. PMC 1691824. PMID 15451689.
- ^ Li, Jinling (1985), A revision of Edentosuchus tienshanensis young from the Tugulu Group of Xinjiang Autonomous Region.
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