Biology:Sajkanosuchus
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Short description: Extinct genus of reptiles
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
| Clade: | Archosauriformes |
| Order: | Crocodilia |
| Family: | Alligatoridae |
| Genus: | †Sajkanosuchus Efimov, 1984 |
| Type species | |
| †Sajkanosuchus ckhikvadzoi Efimov, 1984
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Sajkanosuchus is an extinct monospecific genus of alligatorid crocodilian. It is known from the middle Eocene of eastern Kazakhstan.[1] Fossils have been found from the Zaysan Basin in clays that are referred to as the Obayla suite.[2] The type species is Sajkanosuchus ckhikvadzoi, named in 1984.[3]
References
- ↑ Kordikova, Elena. "Fossil and Living Amphibians and Reptiles of Kazakhstan". MultiMania.de. http://mitglied.multimania.de/kordikova/a_list_of_fossil_and_extant_amph.htm.
- ↑ Klebanova, I.M. (1964). "A new occurrence of Eocene mammals in east Kazakhstan". International Geology Review 6 (10): 1855–1857. doi:10.1080/00206816409474051. Bibcode: 1964IGRv....6.1855K.
- ↑ Efimov, M.B. (1984). Flora and fauna of Zajsan Hollow. Tbilisi: Metsniereba. pp. 72.
Wikidata ☰ Q7402700 entry
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