Kinesuchus
Appearance
Kinesuchus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauria |
Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
Clade: | †Notosuchia |
Clade: | †Sebecosuchia |
Clade: | †Sebecia |
Family: | †Peirosauridae |
Genus: | †Kinesuchus Fillipi et al., 2018 |
Type species | |
Kinesuchus overoi Fillipi et al., 2018
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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]
See also
References
- ^ 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. 83: 75–83. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2017.10.021.