Biology:Ayllusuchus

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Short description: Extinct genus of reptiles

Ayllusuchus
Temporal range: Early-Late Eocene (Casamayoran)
~48 Ma
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Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: Crocodyliformes
Suborder: †Notosuchia
Clade: †Sebecosuchia
Clade: †Sebecia
Family: †Sebecidae
Genus: †Ayllusuchus
Gasparini, 1984
Species
  • A. fernandezi Gasparini, 1984 (type)

Ayllusuchus is an extinct genus of sebecid mesoeucrocodylian. Fossils have been found in the Lumbrera Formation of Argentina (Eocene age, Casamayoran).[1][2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Ayllusuchus at Fossilworks.org
  2. ↑ Turner, Alan H.; Calvo, Jorge O. (2005). "A new sebecosuchian crocodyliform from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25 (1): 87–98. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0087:ANSCFT2.0.CO;2]. 
  3. ↑ Paolillo, Alfredo; Linares, Omar J. (2007). "Nuevos cocodrilos Sebecosuchia del Cenozoico Suramericano (Mesosuchia: Crocodylia)". Paleobiologia Neotropical 3: 1–25. 

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