Caririsuchus
| Caririsuchus Temporal range: Albian | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Subclass: | Diapsida |
| Infraclass: | Archosauromorpha |
| (unranked): | Crurotarsi |
| Superorder: | Crocodylomorpha |
| (unranked): | Mesoeucrocodylia |
| Family: | Trematochampsidae |
| Genus: | Caririsuchus Kellner, 1987 |
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Caririsuchus is an extinct genus of trematochampsid crocodylomorph. Fossils have been found from the Romualdo Member of the Santana Formation in northeastern Brazil, dating back to the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous.[1] It was about 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) in length.
References
- ↑ Kellner, A. W. A. and Campos, D. A. (1999). Vertebrate Paleontology in Brazil - a review. Episodes 22:238-251.
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