Biology:Unasuchus
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Short description: Extinct genus of reptiles
| Unasuchus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, Barremian
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Scientific classification 
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| Missing taxonomy template (fix): | Archosauria/Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
| Clade: | Neosuchia |
| Clade: | Eusuchia |
| Family: | †Hylaeochampsidae |
| Genus: | †Unasuchus Brinkmann, 1992 |
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Unasuchus is an extinct genus of Early Cretaceous eusuchian belonging to the family Hylaeochampsidae. The genus is named after Uña, a municipality in central Spain where fossils have been found.[1]
Discovery and classification
Unasuchus is known only from skull and jaw fragments, meaning that it initially defied precise classification within Crocodyliformes, but the cladistic analysis of Turcosuchus recovers Unasuchus as a derived hylaeochampsid.[2][3] These remains have been found from the Barremian Las Hoyas Formation.[4] The type species, U. reginae, was named in 1992.
References
- ↑ Ortega, F.; Moratalla, J.J.; Buscalioni, A.; Sanz, J.L.; Jiménez, S.; Valbuena, J. (1996). "Sobre la presencia de un cocodrilo fósil (Crocodylomorpha: Neosuchia: Goniopholis sp.) en la cuenca de Cameros (Cretácico inferior: Vadillos-San Román de Cameros, La Rioja)". Zubía 14: 113–120.
- ↑ Martin, J.E.; Delfino, M. (2010). "Recent advances in the comprehension of the biogeography of Cretaceous European eusuchians". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 293 (3): 406–418. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.10.021. Bibcode: 2010PPP...293..406M.
- ↑ Stéphane Jouve; Volkan Sarıgül; J.-Sébastien Steyer; Sevket Sen (2017). "The first crocodylomorph from the Mesozoic of Turkey (Barremian of Zonguldak) and the dispersal of the eusuchians during the Cretaceous". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 17 (2): 111–128. doi:10.1080/14772019.2017.1393469. https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/The_first_crocodylomorph_from_the_Mesozoic_of_Turkey_Barremian_of_Zonguldak_and_the_dispersal_of_the_eusuchians_during_the_Cretaceous/5657947.
- ↑ Sanz, J.L.; Fregenal-Martínez, M.A.; Meléndez, N.; Ortega, F. (2001). "3.4.9 Las Hoyas". Palaeobiology II. Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 356–359. ISBN 9780632051496.
Wikidata ☰ Q7882319 entry
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