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Gualosuchus

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Gualosuchus
Temporal range: Middle Triassic
~242–235 Ma
Skull
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauromorpha
Clade: Archosauriformes
Clade: Proterochampsia
Family: Proterochampsidae
Subfamily: Rhadinosuchinae
Genus: Gualosuchus
Romer 1971
Type species
Gualosuchus reigi
Romer 1971

Gualosuchus is an extinct genus of proterochampsian archosauriform from the Middle Triassic Chañares Formation of Argentina. The type and only species is Gualosuchus reigi, named by paleontologist Alfred Romer in 1971.[1]

References

  1. ^ Romer, A. S. (1971). "The Chañares (Argentina) Triassic reptile fauna. XI. Two new long-snouted thecodonts, Chanaresuchus and Gualosuchus". Breviora. 379: 1–22.