Biology:Sajkanosuchus

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Short description: Extinct genus of reptiles

Sajkanosuchus
Temporal range: Middle Eocene, 47.8–38.0 Ma
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauromorpha
Clade: Archosauriformes
Order: Crocodilia
Family: Alligatoridae
Genus: Sajkanosuchus
Efimov, 1984
Type species
Sajkanosuchus ckhikvadzoi
Efimov, 1984

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

  1. 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. 
  2. Klebanova, I.M. (1964). "A new occurrence of Eocene mammals in east Kazakhstan". International Geology Review 6 (10): 1855–1857. doi:10.1080/00206816409474051. Bibcode1964IGRv....6.1855K. 
  3. Efimov, M.B. (1984). Flora and fauna of Zajsan Hollow. Tbilisi: Metsniereba. pp. 72. 

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