Uruguaysuchus
| Uruguaysuchus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Suborder: | †Notosuchia |
| Family: | †Uruguaysuchidae |
| Genus: | †Uruguaysuchus Rusconi, 1933 |
| Type species | |
| Uruguaysuchus aznarezi Rusconi, 1933 | |
Uruguaysuchus is an extinct genus of crocodylomorph from the Late Cretaceous of Uruguay. It was related to Simosuchus and Malawisuchus.[1] It was of small to moderate size reaching a length of 120 cm.[2]
Sources
- ↑ 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.
- 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
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