Biology:Itasuchus
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Short description: Extinct genus of reptiles
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Scientific classification 
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| Missing taxonomy template (fix): | Archosauria/Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
| Suborder: | †Notosuchia |
| Clade: | †Sebecosuchia |
| Clade: | †Sebecia |
| Family: | †Peirosauridae |
| Genus: | †Itasuchus Price, 1955 |
| Type species | |
| †Itasuchus jesuinoi Price, 1955
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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 Serra da Galga 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
- ↑ "croco metasuchia". http://paleopedia.free.fr/croco_metasuchia.html#Itasuchus.
Wikidata ☰ Q3336547 entry
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