Pravusuchus
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| Pravusuchus Temporal range: 215Ma Late Triassic |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Phytosauria |
| Family: | Phytosauridae |
| Node: | †Leptosuchomorpha |
| Genus: | †Pravusuchus Stocker, 2010 |
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| †Pravusuchus hortus Stocker, 2010 |
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Pravusuchus is an extinct genus of phytosaur known from the late Triassic (Norian) of Chinle Formation in Arizona.[1] It was first named by Michelle R. Stocker in 2010 and the type species is Pravusuchus hortus.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Michelle R. Stocker (2010). "A new taxon of phytosaur (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) from the Late Triassic (Norian) Sonsela Member (Chinle Formation) in Arizona, and a critical reevaluation of Leptosuchus Case, 1922". Palaeontology 53 (5): 997–1022. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00983.x.
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