Uruguaysuchus

Uruguaysuchus is an extinct genus of crocodylomorphs from the Late Cretaceous Guichón Formation of Uruguay. It was related to Simosuchus and Malawisuchus.[1] It was of small to moderate size reaching an estimated length of 120 centimetres (3.9 ft).[2]

Uruguaysuchus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Suborder: Notosuchia
Family: Uruguaysuchidae
Genus: Uruguaysuchus
Rusconi 1933
Type species
Uruguaysuchus aznarezi
Rusconi 1933

References

  1. 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.
  2. Li, Jinling(1985), A revision of Edentosuchus tienshanensis young from the Tugulu Group of Xinjiang Autonomous Region.

Further reading

  • 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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