Itasuchus

Itasuchus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 70.6–66 Ma
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Family:†Peirosauridae
Genus:†Itasuchus
Price, 1955
Type species
†Itasuchus jesuinoi
Price, 1955

Itasuchus is an extinct genus of crocodylomorph from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil.[1] Fossils of the type species I. jesuinoi, first described in 1955 by Llewellyn Ivor Price, have been found from the Marília Formation (Maastrichtian age) in Uberaba, Brazil.[1]

It is known from a 370 mm skull, suggesting a total length of about 3 m (10 ft).[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Price, L. I. (1955). "Novos crocodilídeos dos arenitos da Série Bauru. Cretáceo do Estado de Minas Gerais". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 27: 487–498.
  2. ↑ http://paleopedia.free.fr/croco_metasuchia.html#Itasuchus Archived 2012-02-08 at the Wayback Machine.


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