Biology:Hemiprotosuchus
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Hemiprotosuchus is an extinct genus of protosuchid crocodyliform from the Late Triassic (Norian stage) Los Colorados Formation of the Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin in northwestern Argentina, South America. It was named in 1969 by paleontologist José Bonaparte . The type species is H. leali.
History
Hemiprotosuchus was named by Argentinian paleontologist José Bonaparte in 1969. The type species is H. leali.[1] The fossils included a skull and jaws as well as some postcranial elements.[2]
A 2009 cladistic analysis of protosuchids by paleontologist Eric Buffetaut et al. found that Hemiprotosuchus was the sister taxon of Protosuchus.[3]
References
- ↑ Bonaparte, J.F. (1969). "Dos nuevas 'faunas' de reptiles triasicos de Argentina". Gondwana Stratigraphy (IUGS Symposium, Buenos Aires) 2:283-306.
- ↑ "Annals of the South African Museum" (in en). The Museum. 1976. p. 325. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Annals_of_the_South_African_Museum/bgEWAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=hemiprotosuchus&dq=hemiprotosuchus&printsec=frontcover.
- ↑ Buffetaut, Eric; Cuny, G.; Suteethorn, Varavudh (2009). "Late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Ecosystems in SE Asia" (in en). Geological Society of London. p. 183. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Late_Palaeozoic_and_Mesozoic_Ecosystems/6wMfMgSmckkC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=hemiprotosuchus&pg=PA183&printsec=frontcover.
External links
Template:Pseudosuchia Wikidata ☰ Q3936042 entry
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