Biology:Comahuesuchus
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Scientific classification 
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| Missing taxonomy template (fix): | Archosauria/Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
| Suborder: | †Notosuchia |
| Family: | †Comahuesuchidae |
| Genus: | †Comahuesuchus Bonaparte 1991 |
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Comahuesuchus is an extinct genus of notosuchian crocodylomorphs from the late Cretaceous of Argentina . It was described by palaeontologist José Bonaparte in 1991. The type species is C. brachybuccalis from the Santonian Bajo de la Carpa Formation.[1] In 2023 another species, C. bonapartei from the Sierra Barrosa Formation and Portezuelo Formation, was assigned to the genus.[2]
Classification
The holotype of C. brachybuccalis is MUCPv-202. Comahuesuchus is the name-sake of the clade Comahuesuchidae. Sereno et al. (2003) suggested that Comahuesuchus and Anatosuchus are both comahuesuchids,[3] but work by Martinelli and Andrade et al. (2006) has suggested that A. minor is not a comahuesuchid.[4] Comahuesuchus seems instead to be more closely related to Mariliasuchus.
References
- ↑ Comahuesuchus at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ Kellner, Alexander W. A.; Figueiredo, Rodrigo G.; Calvo, Jorge O. (14 August 2023). "A new species of Comahuesuchus Bonaparte, 1991 (Crocodyliformes: Notosuchia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Neuquén, Lake Barreales, Patagonia, Argentina". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias 95 (suppl 1): e20230179. doi:10.1590/0001-3765202320230179. ISSN 1678-2690. PMID 37585972. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37585972/.
- ↑ Sereno, P. C.; Sidor, C. A.; Larsson, H. C. E.; Gado, B. (2003-06-17). "A new notosuchian from the Early Cretaceous of Niger" (in en). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23 (2): 477–482. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2003)023[0477:ANNFTE2.0.CO;2]. ISSN 0272-4634. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232680824.
- ↑ Andrade, Marco (2006). "Observations on the palate and choanae structures in Mesoeucrocodylia (Archosauria, Crocodylomorpha): Phylogenetic implications". Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 9 (3): 323–332. doi:10.4072/rbp.2006.3.07. ISSN 1519-7530. https://www.academia.edu/5289993.
Bibliography
- Andrade, M.B.; Bertini, R. J. ; Pinheiro, A. E. P. (2006). Observations on the palate and choanae structures in Mesoeucrocodylia (Archosauria, Crocodylomorpha): phylogenetic implications. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia, Sociedade Brasileira de Paleontologia 9 (3): 323–332.
- Sereno, P. C., Sidor, C. A., Larsson, H. C. E., and Gado, B. (2003). A new notosuchian from the Early Cretaceous of Niger. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23 (2): 477–482.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q5150483 entry
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