Kinesuchus

Kinesuchus
Temporal range: Santonian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Family:Peirosauridae
Genus:Kinesuchus
Fillipi et al., 2018
Type species
Kinesuchus overoi
Fillipi et al., 2018

Kinesuchus (meaning "one crocodile") is an extinct genus of crocodyliform peirosaurid from the Late Cretaceous Bajo de la Carpa Formation of Argentina. The type species, Kinesuchus overoi, will be formally described in 2018 from a partial jaw bone.[1]

References

  1. Filippi, L.S.; Barrios, F.; Garrido, A.C. (2018). "A new peirosaurid from the Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Santonian) of Cerro Overo, Neuquén, Argentina". Cretaceous Research. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2017.10.021.

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