Uruguaysuchus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Suborder: †Notosuchia
Family: †Uruguaysuchidae
Genus: †Uruguaysuchus
Rusconi, 1933
Type species
†Uruguaysuchus aznarezi
Rusconi, 1933
Synonyms
  • Uruguaysuchus terrai Rusconi, 1933[1]

Uruguaysuchus is an extinct genus of crocodylomorphs 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

  1. ↑ Fossilworks taxon 192418
  2. ↑ A Pictorial Guide to Fossils by Gerard Ramon Case
  3. ↑ The Osteology of the Reptiles by Alfred Sherwood Romer
  4. ↑ Dinosaur Eggs and Babies by Kenneth Carpenter, Karl F. Hirsch, and John R. Horner
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Li, Jinling (1985), A revision of Edentosuchus tienshanensis young from the Tugulu Group of Xinjiang Autonomous Region.



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