Hemiprotosuchus

Hemiprotosuchus is an extinct genus of protosuchid from the Late Triassic (Norian stage) Los Colorados Formation of the Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin in northwestern Argentina, South America. It was named by Argentinian paleontologist José Bonaparte in 1969. The type species is H. leali.[1]

Hemiprotosuchus
Temporal range: Norian
~221.5–205.6 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Family: Protosuchidae
Genus: Hemiprotosuchus
Bonaparte 1969
Species
  • H. leali Bonaparte 1969 (type)

References

  1. Bonaparte, J.F. (1969). "Dos nuevas 'faunas' de reptiles triasicos de Argentina". Gondwana Stratigraphy (IUGS Symposium, Buenos Aires) 2:283-306.


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