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Itasuchus

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Itasuchus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 70.6–66 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this 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: Itasuchus
Price, 1955
Type species
Itasuchus jesuinoi
Price, 1955

Itasuchus is an extinct genus of crocodylomorph from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil.[1] Fossils of the type species I. jesuinoi, first described in 1955 by Llewellyn Ivor Price, have been found from the Marília Formation (Maastrichtian age) in Uberaba, Brazil.[1]

It is known from a 370 mm skull, suggesting a total length of about 3 m (10 ft).[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Price, L. I. (1955). "Novos crocodilídeos dos arenitos da Série Bauru. Cretáceo do Estado de Minas Gerais". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 27: 487–498.
  2. ^ http://paleopedia.free.fr/croco_metasuchia.html#Itasuchus